The sun has already risen. Slowly, instructor Gold – with his close-cropped red spiky hair and taut upper body – crosses the grounds, moving towards a group of tents. He blows his whistle. “Pidjom!” He shouts. “Get up!”Shuffling and buzzing sounds erupt immediately. Tents are zipped open. The sleepy faces of eight-year-old children pop out. Lanky adolescents with bags under their eyes scramble to look for their shoes, amid shoving and curses. After brushing their teeth, the first training session awaits: a long-distance run with intermittent sets of 10 push-ups.Azov is a Ukrainian volunteer battalion fighting pro-Russian rebels in …read more
Source: The National
