Teenage cadets swear allegiance to Ukraine rebel state

2014/11/24 10:24:14

"The life of the republic and our citizens will one day be in your hands and you will be protected. Protected from all our current and future enemies," he told the cadets.


 

From Yahoo news, 22 November 2014


Not long ago, the cadets at the military academy in east Ukraine's industrial hub of Donetsk swore allegiance to the Ukrainian flag.Now, as fighting rumbles on between between pro-Russian insurgents and government forces, they are pledging an oath of loyalty to the rebels' self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR).

 

"As I enter into the Donetsk military academy I promise to serve the country," some one hundred teenagers in military uniforms and black great coats chanted at a recent ceremony."I promise to be a worthy heir to the traditions of my people, its armed forces and to respect the culture and customs of my country: the DNR."

 

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