NBC News . Ukraine’s Hyper-Nationalist Military Summer Camp for Kids | NBC Left Field.

In 2014 , a group of armed Ukrainian civilians known as the Azov Battalion banded together to fight pro - Russian separatists for control of the country . Three years later , they’ve been absorbed by the National Guard of Ukraine , and when they’re not engaged in the ongoing conflict , they run an annual children’s summer camp featuring pro - Ukrainian campfire songs , rigorous military drills , and a hardline stance on national identity .