To ward off an expected major Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital Kiev, authorities say they have distributed numerous weapons to residents. A total of 25,000 automatic weapons as well as 10 million cartridges have been handed out, Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky said in a video released on Saturday. Anti-tank weapons had also been handed out, he said. “Kiev will defend itself,” Monastyrsky said. He said he was proud when he saw people defending their towns, villages, streets and houses. “They are organizing themselves, there is no looting or robbery.”