Ukraine's Defence Minister tells journalist whether military academic departments are needed in Ukrainian universities
Ukraine's Ministry of Defence believes that military academic departments should be preserved in Ukrainian universities, but their specialisation needs to be thought about.
Source: Oleksii Reznikov, Ukrainian Defence Minister, in an interview with Liga.net
Details: The minister is convinced that in fact, the culture of the military profession should become a trend in Ukraine.
Quote: "Perhaps we no longer need conscription. But every young person would begin to take special training courses at the age of 18: medicine, shooting, trenches, coordination. Then they can study whatever they want, but once a year they would take one-month specialist courses. If you want to be a machine gunner, you can study to be a machine gunner. If you want to be a drone operator, go for it," Reznikov said.
Reznikov also believes that a shooting range culture should develop in Ukraine.
"Going to the shooting range should be [part of] the culture. Shooting ranges should operate so that everyone knows how to use firearms skilfully. We need reform, so that officially registered firearms would be available to the population - after testing by a psychiatrist, an addiction psychiatrist and law enforcement agencies, of course," the minister said.
Oleksii Reznikov is convinced that Ukrainians need to prepare for a change in the law and in the culture of behaviour after victory.
"Unfortunately, the physically hostile country neighbouring ours is not going to fly off into a black hole. Even with all Elon Musk’s creations. And they will dream of revenge. Therefore, the only way to guarantee such an invasion will never be repeated is to have a powerful sector of security and defence forces, as well as a clear concept for a reserve army. This is what Switzerland does.
When the enemy knows that every adult Ukrainian can take out a machine gun from under their bed and resist, they will think 10 times [before attacking – ed.]," Reznikov said.
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