Open source images suggest that the troops have been issued with rifles of a type which could be over 60 years old
"The integration of reservists with contract soldiers and combat veterans in Ukraine will mean Russian logisticians will have to push two types of small arms ammunition to frontline positions, rather than one.The AKM is an assault rifle designed by Soviet firearms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov as a replacement for the more famous AK-47. Experts say it is the most widely used of the Kalashnikov rifles.
It remains in use around the world but was officially replaced in Soviet frontline service by the AK-74 in the late 1970s.Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerSmoke was seen rising from the Dnipro hydroelectric power plant after Russia struck critical infrastructure Over 50 missiles struck Ukraine overnight which is a marked increase in comparison the attacks over the past eight months.
Sean Bell, a retired air-vice marshal, told Sky News Vladimir Putin was striking non-military targets in a bid to demoralise and terrorise the Ukrainian population. "The irony is, for most of the Ukrainians, this will have quite the opposite effect, it will galvanise their support and harden their resolve," he said.
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