Mud and ice, smoke and explosions, gunfire and drones: how recruits train on “day zero”

The soldiers of the 118th Mechanized Brigade, who only recently put on uniforms, immersed themselves in the frontline atmosphere.

A video about the training of the fighters was published during the national telethon.

Still clean and in new gear, the soldiers understand that the trials will not be easy.

“We have an idea of what awaits us”, — says a recruit with the callsign “Malyk.”

Already the very first — “day zero” — is a real test for the still-civilian psyche of any person.

And the recruits will undergo 51 such training sessions. After that, they will be sent to the front: the 118th Brigade is currently defending Zaporizhzhia.