The children trained to kill Russians: Boys and girls as young as EIGHT are taught to fire AK-47s at Ukrainian nationalist camp
*Temper of Will is a radical nationalist youth camp that teaches children to defend their country from Russians
*Some of the training drills include campers being woken in the middle of the night with a blast from grenade
*Organised by the nationalist Svoboda party, children are taught to not think of their targets as human beings
The summer camp in Ternopil, whose youngest combats are as young as eight, has been accused of violence and racism but have played a central volunteer role in Ukraine's conflict with Russia.
Hidden in a forest in the west of the country, boys and girls at the 'Temper of will' camp - organised by the nationalist Svoboda party - are taught to carefully aim their assault rifles as their instructor offers the advice: 'Don't think of your target as a human being'.
The camp has two purposes: to train children to defend their country from Russians and their sympathizers - and to spread nationalist ideology.
'We never aim guns at people,' instructor Yuri 'Chornota' Cherkashin tells them.
'But we don't count separatists, little green men, occupiers from Moscow, as people. So we can and should aim at them.'
The nationalists have been accused of violence and racism, but they have played a central, volunteer role in Ukraine's conflict with Russia - and they have maintained links with the government.
Earlier this year, the Ministry of Youth and Sports earmarked 4 million hryvnias (about $150,000) to fund some of the youth camps among the dozens built by the nationalists. The purpose, according to the ministry, is 'national patriotic education.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6379491/Training-kids-kill-Ukrainian-nationalist-camp.html
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