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Battlefield lessons for the modern workplace Reuters In Odessa, civilians come to train to hold a weapon, shoot, behave in a war zone or learn first aid to be ready for a Russian attack on March 26, 2022. BY  PILITA CLARK Published  March 29, 2022 Updated  March 29, 2022 I cannot remember exactly how old I was the first time I held a gun, but I was almost certainly in my teens, growing up on my parents’ farm. What I do remember, vividly, is the physical shock of firing a rifle. The deafening bang. The juddering recoil, and the sickening, split-second fear that I could have somehow fired a bullet into anything from a faraway cow to my foot. I t hink of this when I read about one particular aspect of the brutal war in Ukraine: The city workers who have taken up arms against invading Russian forces. There have been reports of a 46-year-old architect, a 52-year-old marketing researcher and a 35-year-old historian. Most are like the 41-year-old accountant who booked herself an...

  Kiev mayor says Ukrainian capital is encircled Vitaly Klitschko admitted that the capital’s authorities were not in full control of volunteer battalions of territorial defense, who had been provided with weapons NEW YORK, February 27. /TASS/. The Ukrainian capital has been encircled and the evacuation of civilians is impossible now, Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said in an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday. "We can’t do that, because all ways are blocked," Klitschko said in reply to a question if there were plans to evacuate civilians from Kiev. "Right now we are encircled." "I just talked to the president (of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky - TASS). Everybody is not feeling so well," Klitschko said. The mayor admitted that the capital’s authorities were not in full control of volunteer battalions of territorial defense, who had been provided with weapons. "To be honest, we don’t have 100% control," said Klitschko. "We...