Ukrainian nationalist organization train in Kyiv

Ukrainian nationalist organization "National Corps" held training for volunteers on Saturday - a day ahead of the Victory Day military parade in Moscow.

The organisation's head of Kyiv office, Tamarin Serhiy, explained the training is a "counterweight to the imperialistic ambitions of the Russian Federation and its Federal Security Service (FSB) government".

According to Ukraine's military, 36 soldiers have been killed in the east this year, where Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists have been fighting since 2014.

Foreign ministers from Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg visited the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine earlier this week to express their support.

More than 14,000 people have died in the conflict and efforts to negotiate a political settlement have stalled.

Russia, which claims it has no military presence in eastern Ukraine, fuelled new tensions by massing troops and conducting large-scale military exercises near its border with Ukraine.