Asked what kind of weapons she armed herself with, she said: “With AK, with a Kalashnikov rifle.
“Ive been training for now three days. So Im mostly like a beginner user though moving forward to intermediate, you know.
“But with the weapons, the main thing is, how to operate it so you wouldnt hurt yourself or people around you, how to clean it and how to assemble it, and the smallest part is how to shoot it.”
With heavy fighting reported in Ukraines second city Kharkiv on Sunday morning, she said: “Putin needs a win. He needs like something.
“Its been four days of war, he lost like about 4000 men right now and he needs anything, he needs to show why did he come
“And thats why he will intensify, we know that, and I know that Kharkiv will not fall. I deeply love people there and I know that they are resisting as hell right now, and they will.”
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