Better safe than sorry: Ukrainian public trains for Russian attack

People take part in a military exercise for civilians conducted by veterans from the Azov Battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard amid the threat of a Russian invasion, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 30, 2022.

Veterans from the Azov Battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard conduct military exercises with civilians amid the threat of a Russian invasion in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 30, 2022.

Veterans from the Azov Battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard conduct military exercises for civilians amid the threat of a Russian invasion in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 30, 2022.

A military instructor walks past wooden replicas of Kalashnikov rifles to help train civilians taking part in a training session at an abandoned factory in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Jan. 30, 2022.

People take part in a military exercise for civilians conducted by veterans of the Azov Battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard, amid the threat of a Russian invasion, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 30, 2022.

A veteran of the Azov Battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard conducts military exercises for civilians amid the threat of a Russian invasion in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 30, 2022.

People take part in a military exercise for civilians conducted by veterans of the Azov Battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard amid the threat of a Russian invasion, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 30, 2022.

A military instructor teaches civilians holding wooden replicas of Kalashnikov rifles, as they take part in a training session at an abandoned factory in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Jan. 30, 2022.

People take part in a military exercise for civilians conducted by veterans of the Azov Battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard, amid the threat of a Russian invasion, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 30, 2022.

A military instructor teaches civilians holding wooden replicas of Kalashnikov rifles, during a training session at an abandoned factory in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Jan. 30, 2022.

People take part in a military exercise for civilians conducted by veterans of the Azov Battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard amid the threat of Russian invasion, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 30, 2022.

Ukrainian civilians learn how to build a shelter in deep snow as part of a crash course in survival techniques, in a forest on the outskirts of Kyiv, Jan. 30, 2022.

Veterans of the Azov Battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard conduct military exercises for civilians amid the threat of a Russian invasion in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 30, 2022.

Ukrainian civilians learn to build a shelter out of the deep snow as part of a crash course in survival techniques, in a forest on the outskirts of Kyiv, Jan. 30, 2022.

Veterans of the Azov Battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard conduct military exercises for civilians amid the threat of a Russian invasion in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 30, 2022.

A Ukrainian civilian learns how to build a shelter in the deep snow as part of a crash course in survival techniques, in a forest on the outskirts of Kyiv, Jan. 30, 2022.

A veteran of the Azov Battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard conducts military exercises for civilians amid the threat of a Russian invasion in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 30, 2022.

Ukrainian civilians learn to build a shelter as part of a crash course in survival techniques, in a forest on the outskirts of Kyiv, Jan. 30, 2022.

A veteran of the Azov Battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard conducts military exercises for civilians amid the threat of a Russian invasion in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 30, 2022.

Local residents train close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 30, 2022.

A veteran of the Azov Battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard conducts military exercises for civilians amid the threat of a Russian invasion in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 30, 2022.

Local residents train close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 30, 2022.