Volunteers of the "Spartan" assault brigade are preparing to go to the front.

 This was reported by the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

 According to the press service, mobilized citizens, contract servicemen and volunteers who arrived under the "Offensive Guard" program are taking part in the training.

 As Lieutenant Colonel Artem Zinoviev, the head of the combat training department of the "Spartan" brigade, said, training takes place in three stages:

 The first is general military training, which includes fire, engineering training, as well as tactical medicine and topography.

 The second stage is the training of specialists: snipers, machine gunners, grenade launchers and APC crews.

 The third stage is collective training, during which tasks are practiced as part of divisions, platoons, companies, and battalions.

 In addition, he informed that the training of military personnel lasts at least six weeks

 "During the training, they studied the material part of the weapon, methods of determining the distance to the target, the basic rules of shooting, throwing a hand grenade, and the algorithm for providing medical aid. In addition, as part of the training, the servicemen practiced combat shooting skills as part of units using armored vehicles. We are trying to convey to the volunteers their the experience we gained during hostilities in 2014-2015," the instructor said.