Gun school: Ukraine rolls out weapons training for civilians

'We need to stop this crazy man, otherwise who will be next?'
Gun school: Ukraine rolls out weapons training for civilians

The Lviv Gun School where adults learn how to handle an AK-47. Picture Hannah McCarthy

Children who are learning maths and science filled the classrooms of a school in the suburbs of Lviv three weeks ago. Now those same rooms are packed with sombre adults learning how to handle an AK-47.

When the invasion began, Nazaryy Breezitskyy, the father of a pupil at the school asked the principal if he could use the school for gun training.

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