Media: battalion " Phoenix " in the Ukraine armed with mortars, 1943 issue
Volunteer battalion " Phoenix ", leading the fighting in the South-East of Ukraine, received weapons from the Second world war, reports referring to the letter of the founder of the Fund for assistance to the army of Ukraine " Wings of the Phoenix " Yuri Biryukov.
Listing the weapons received by the battalion on his page, Biryukov calls, for example, grenade launchers AGS-17 " Plamya " and mortars BM-37 production 1943. In addition, the " Phoenix " has got to such weapons as mounted heavy machine gun DSCM production mid 50-ies, 23-mm twin anti-aircraft gun production in 1963, and 122-mm howitzer, which, According to Biryukov, used in Kiev during the fireworks. On the contrary gave a lot of ammunition, emphasizes Biryukov.
Kyiv authorities since April of conduct in the East of Ukraine military operation directed against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of residents of Donbas. According to the latest information from the UN, from mid April to Ukraine forcibly deprived of life, more than 2 and a half thousand civilians, about six thousand wounded.
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