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During the Ukranian Uprising in 2013 a group called Pravi Sector gained recognition for their bravery and violence against Viktor Yanukovich's riot police. Now they are a parallel militia that fights against insurgency in eastern Ukraine. They only count on donations from supporters and have few training camps. This collection portraits a training unit in Desna, north of Kiev.

Path to the training camp during the autumn.

Warriors getting ready for another day of disciplinary training. They also did one minute of silence as the previous day they found out that two of their partners have died on the front line.

Most days the meal consists of buckwheat and tea. In the lucky days they also get a can of tuna.

A machine is leveling the terrain for tank training.

A team get ready to assault a building as part of a training. All guns are airsoft guns.

A team parcticing assault during training.

Tanchik - codename - guides his team on an assault training mission.

Viktor Yanukovich's picture is framed in the toilet's door of the training camp.

Commander Berkut poses for a portrait.

Dormitory of the training warriors - as they called themselves.

Pravi Sector warriors doing military training.

Pravi Sector warriors doing military training.

Two warriors looking at Ukraine's map

View of an old soviet army facility.

The place where all warriors have their meals.

Portrait of Mary - Codename. They all use codenames as they are part of a parallel army.
Most volunteers are man, however some women train and fight along Pravi Sector.