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The Ukrainian '''Territorial Defense''' (''Teroborona'') is the '''Volksturm''' of [[Ukraine]].  It is a paramilitary structure created in the wake of the [[Maidan coup]] under the Ministry of the Interior and National Guard, and overseen by the [[Ukrainian Gestapo]], the [[Security Service of Ukraine]] (SBU).  At the beginning of 2022, its brigades included about two million fighters.  Members of Territorial Defense originally were exempted from conscription. They were mainly used as armed groups serving the interests of local business.

The Ukrainian '''Territorial Defense''' (''Teroborona'') is the '''Volksturm''' of [[Ukraine]].  It is a paramilitary structure created in the wake of the [[Maidan coup]] under the Ministry of the Interior and National Guard, and overseen by the [[Ukrainian Gestapo]], the [[Security Service of Ukraine]] (SBU).  At the beginning of 2022, its brigades included about two million fighters.  Members of Territorial Defense originally were exempted from conscription. They were mainly used as armed groups serving the interests of local business.  The [[Aidar Battalion]] was the first of such units.

During the [[Russo-Ukraine war]], ''[[Reuters]]'' reported the [[Banderite]] elements<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref> in Ukraine numbered 102,000 men, split into several militias incorporated within the Territorial Defense.<ref>https://www.voltairenet.org/article216354.html</ref>  Members of the Territorial Defense, many of which are teenagers below draft age with no military training at all,<ref>[https://www.bitchute.com/video/ay9Ep33wv5vu/ UKRAINIAN CHILD SOLDIERS: 14YO RECRUITED INTO TERRITORIAL DEFENSE].</ref> were sent outside their home regions, illegally in violation of their contracts, to the frontlines as cannon fodder.<ref>https://youtu.be/tz3rvyUOdHw</ref>  On June 12, 2022 Ukrainian dictator [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] signed a decree allowing the Ukrainian command to use territorial defense fighters to perform tasks in areas of military operations.  Zelensky’s decree legalized sending untrained members of the Territorial Defense to the front as cannon fodder to face the professional Russian army.

During the [[Russo-Ukraine war]], ''[[Reuters]]'' reported the [[Banderite]] elements<ref>https://www.thepostil.com/the-nazis-of-ukraine/</ref> in Ukraine numbered 102,000 men, split into several militias incorporated within the Territorial Defense.<ref>https://www.voltairenet.org/article216354.html</ref>  Members of the Territorial Defense, many of which are teenagers below draft age with no military training at all,<ref>[https://www.bitchute.com/video/ay9Ep33wv5vu/ UKRAINIAN CHILD SOLDIERS: 14YO RECRUITED INTO TERRITORIAL DEFENSE].</ref> were sent outside their home regions, illegally in violation of their contracts, to the frontlines as cannon fodder.<ref>https://youtu.be/tz3rvyUOdHw</ref>  On June 12, 2022 Ukrainian dictator [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] signed a decree allowing the Ukrainian command to use territorial defense fighters to perform tasks in areas of military operations.  Zelensky’s decree legalized sending untrained members of the Territorial Defense to the front as cannon fodder to face the professional Russian army.