Alisa, a 38-year-old Ukrainian with an office job in the capital, joined a local territorial defense unit more than a year ago to acquire combat skills. Now she is worried she might have to use those skills in a real war with Russia
"People die, that's horrible. Even worse is when you think not just about your life but about the life of a 7-year-old child," she said in an interview with Reuters in her house outside Kyiv while her son, Timur, watched cartoons."I realise he can be hurt because of silliness of the neighbouring country, not a brother country anymore," said Alisa, who asked to be identified only by her first name.
Alisa joined the territorial defence forces a year and a half ago, earlier than many. In January, as the Russian troops massed, the government said it wanted to build reserve batallions up into a corps of up to 130,000 people.She began this weekend as she often does, putting on camouflage fatigues, taking one of her two small-calibre guns she keeps at home and heading to a training ground - a pine forest with sand dunes, an old railway and few abandoned construction sites.
"I understand how to do if I'm under fire. I know how to help Timur, friends, neighbours if they are caught in fire."Alisa, a motorcycle fan, has visited more 50 countries along with her husband, also a biker. She is a media relations specialist at an organization that works in cyber security. "If we had peace time I would miss training if I was tired but now I make myself get up early for a session because now it's needed more than ever," she said.
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