These images allegedly show fresh recruits for a pro-Russia separatist region in Ukraine training on a self-propelled heavy mortar vehicle in eastern Ukraine.
The footage was obtained from the People’s Militia of the pro-Russia, so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) on Wednesday, June 29, with the DPR claiming that it shows the “combat training of artillerymen.”
The so-called DPR claimed in a statement: “Self-propelled ‘Tyulpan’ mortars are one of the most formidable artillery systems in service with the People’s Militia of the DPR. Right in between the performance of combat missions, the mobilized servicemen of the [People’ Militia of the] DPR improve their skills in handling these powerful machines.”
