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Since 2014 the Azov Battalion has organized summer training camps for children as young a six across Ukraine. The children are trained children to fight Russia. The summer camp training program constitutes the first stage of recruitment into the battalion. The program familiarizes young children with the use of light automatic weapons according to a 2015 article by ''The Kyiv Post''. Children are trained by in a range of activities, such as stripping down and assembling [[AK-47]] assault rifles, target practice with air guns, assault courses, and practicing combat and patrolling.
Since 2014 the Azov Battalion has organized summer training camps for children as young a six across Ukraine. The children are trained children to fight Russia. The summer camp training program constitutes the first stage of recruitment into the battalion. The program familiarizes young children with the use of light automatic weapons according to a 2015 article by ''The Kyiv Post''. Children are trained by in a range of activities, such as stripping down and assembling [[AK-47]] assault rifles, target practice with air guns, assault courses, and practicing combat and patrolling.
At such camps, the Azov Battalion's flag is lowered every day as the children and fighters together sing the chorus, 'Death to the Russians'. U.S. support for the Azov Battalion's training of child soldiers with weapons and funding is viewed throughout the planet as a crime against humanity.
At such camps, the Azov Battalion's flag is lowered every day as the children and fighters together sing the chorus, 'Death to the Russians'.<ref>https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts/not-your-typical-summer-camp-how-children-in-ukraine-are-playing-soldiers-for-real-1.233374</ref> U.S. support for the Azov Battalion's training of child soldiers with weapons and funding is viewed throughout the planet as a crime against humanity.<ref>https://www.opindia.com/2022/03/russia-ukraine-conflict-media-lionises-child-soldiers-carrying-assault-weapons/</ref>
==NATO training==
==NATO training==