Fifty kilometers west of the Russian border in the eastern Ukrainian province of Luhansk, new recruits — eager to defend their country against pro-Russian separatist forces — are put through their paces. Photojournalist Filip Warwick, currently based in Ukraine, recently spent a week with them.
POLITICO: Training to fight for Ukraine (PHOTOS)
A sniper of the Ukrainian National Guard takes part in a military training at the National Guard training center in the village of Stare, some 70 km outside Kyiv, on Oct. 2.
