Ukrainian civilians take up arms against Russian troops impress Anand Mahindra; Watch Video

With increasing Russia's dominance, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had urged civilians with combat experience to come forward and take up arms against Russian transgression

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The RussuaUkraineWar has entered the third day and Vladimir Putin's force is slowly on its way to capture Kyiv. The Russian Defence Ministry on Saturday claimed that the country's forces have taken complete control of Melitopol city - located in Ukraine's southern part. Notably, the RussiaUkraineWar kicked off after Vladimir Putin ordered a special military operation to demilitarise Ukraine. However, with passing time, Russia's invasion turned aggressive and various missiles hit densely populated cities. With increasing Russia's dominance, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had urged civilians with combat experience to come forward and take up arms against Russian transgression. 

As a result, many came forward to take up arms and training to fight against powerful Russian troops, and the same was filmed by New York Times. Now, Business tycoon and Chairman of the Mahindra Group, Anand Mahindra on Saturday shared the video on its Twitter handle and lauded brave Ukrainian civilians for coming forward to defend their country. 

Sharing the video, Anand Mahindra wrote that when people have the willpower to defend their country, then that's force strength is more than that of a nuclear weapon. Furthermore, Anand Mahindra stated invasion might have been feasible but such an act makes occupation impossible. "When people have the willpower to defend their country, it’s a force more powerful than nuclear weapons.   Makes invasion feasible but occupation impossible," wrote Anand Mahindra. 

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Russia-Ukraine conflict 

Coming to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Moscow amassed over 150,000 troops on Ukraine's borders in a bid to pressurise Western nations to not allow Kyiv to join NATO, threatening an invasion. On Thursday, Putin ordered a special military operation in Ukraine's Donbas region, which quickly turned into precision airstrikes on Kyiv, Kharkiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, deployed tanks towards Lviv from the Belarus-Ukraine border. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 137 died after first day of fighting.

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