Checking Out A Training Camp For Ukraine's Soldiers

Trainees conduct a room-clearance exercise at Everest. Photo: Mihir Melwani

VICE: ‘I Want to Know How to Kill’: The Training Camp for Ukraine’s Future Soldiers

At a compound in an undisclosed location in Western Ukraine, trainers with codenames like “Charon” and “Prophet” try to psychologically prepare young Ukrainians for the horrors of war.

LVIV, Ukraine – “I'll put a bag over your head, lead you into the basement, and leave you there. It's flooded and full of obstacles... and rats,” says a large Ukrainian trainer who goes by the callsign “Charon.” “It'll also be pitch-black. Your objective is to make it out. Be ready for me to throw simulated grenades at you."

VICE World News is at “Everest,” a compound at an undisclosed location on the outskirts of Lviv in the west of the country, where Ukrainian Territorial Defence recruits are preparing to be bound and blinded to see if they are ready for war.

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WNU Editor: This is a "volunteer" training camp with an emphasis on dealing with stress. No mention on who is paying for it.