#azov brigade

[panimoonchild]

Value your life, the best of us pay the highest price for it

This is how Ukrainians say goodbye to a fallen Hero in Vinnytsia. Everyone stopped and got out of the car to pay their respects to the young man who did everything to protect his own.

Photos @ libkos

He wanted Oreos and milk so badly in captivity. Forever in the ranks!

💔😭

- If I have to die for the war in Ukraine to end tomorrow, I will. I will be scared, but I will remember who is sitting at home and for whom I am doing this.

The youngest Azovstal defender, Nazariy Hryntsevych, was killed. Three months of defense of Mariupol. More than four months of Russian captivity. Now Grintsevych is 21 forever.

Honor to the Hero! Forever in the ranks!

It is unbearably painful that my generation is losing its best representatives. Make Russia pay for our losses!

Don't be indifferent. Please hear our cry out to the world, keep spreading our voices, and donate to our army and combat medics (savelife.in.ua, prytulafoundation.org, Serhii Sternenko, hospitallers.life, ptahy.vidchui.org, and u24.gov.ua).

[dontforgetukraine]

An example of the ecocide happening in Ukraine due to Russia's war and aggression. This is Ukraine's Serebrianskyi Forest.

[lasseling]

U.S. Lifts 10-Year Ban on Arming Neo-Nazis in Ukraine

The US State Department announced that it is lifting a longtime ban on giving weapons and training to Ukraine’s notorious Azov Brigade

[troythecatfish]

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[ultramaga]

Trump Shooter's Interview Is Insane Suspected Trump Gunman Was Once Charged With Possession of a Weapon of Mass Destruction "I figured he was either dead or in prison by now," says the charging officer in Ryan Routh's 2002 arrest, who spoke with WIRED on Sunday. https://www.wired.com/story/ryan-routh-donald-trump-gunman-weapon-of-mass-destruction-criminal-record/ So he was on the radar. Why was he walking free? What's really going on here? Who was pulling his strings? 

[head-post]

Farion’s murder as a result of far-right split in Ukraine

The murder of Ukrainian former MP Iryna Farion has shocked the Ukrainian political elite. The first versions of the investigation and the name of the suspect were announced at a briefing of the Interior Ministry on Friday. Meanwhile, one right-wing group has already claimed responsibility for the murder.

Ukrainian Interior Ministry briefing on the murder of Iryna Farion

The Ukrainian Interior Ministry jointly with the Prosecutor-General’s Office held a briefing in Lviv on July 26 on the detention of a suspect in the murder of former Verkhovna Rada MP Iryna Farion. At the briefing, the officials explained how they had reconstructed the chronology of the murder and also partially presented the evidence base of detainee Vyacheslav Zinchenko’s involvement in the crime.

Suspect in the murder of Farion 18-year-old young man arrived in Lviv on July 9, there through the service Booking he rented a flat, and on the 14th and 18th – two more, with balconies. The last one he used the day before the murder.

The things he was wearing at the time of the crime (glasses, panama, shorts and a false beard, which he never used) Zinchenko sent himself through the post office in Lviv. At different stages – during the reconnaissance, the crime and afterwards – he changed his clothes.

In advance, the suspect searched for information about Farion on the Internet, as well as about pro-Russian MPs in Ukraine.

On the day of the murder, 20 July, Farion was waiting for a taxi at the entrance of her house. At that time, the killer approached her from behind and shot her in the head from a distance of no more than two metres. The former MP later died in hospital.

The shooter fled from the scene of the crime, and two days later left for Dnipro by train. The law enforcers who identified him carried out the detention in the flat where his mother was.

Interest in far-right movement

Even before the briefing, Ukrainian media and the Ukrainian investigation reported the detention of suspect Vyacheslav Zinchenko, an 18-year-old resident of Dnipro. The suspect’s father is currently at the front. He told journalists that Vyacheslav had no motives to shoot Farion, he was a patriot and was preparing to serve in the AFU.

The media are actively spinning the topic of his interest in the right-wing radical Ukrainian groups C 14 and Right Sector.

In one of the messages, the detainee mentioned the Russian neo-Nazi group National-Socialism/White Power (NS/WP), claiming international ties, which claimed responsibility for Farion’s murder on July 24.

NS/WP’s Telegram channel published a video that likely shows the moment of Irina Farion’s murder and in which a woman’s screams can be heard. Comparing this excerpt with the crime scene, one can recognise significant terrain coincidences. Along with the video clip, the neo-Nazis released a “manifesto” explaining the motive for Farion’s liquidation.

Ukrainian media about anti-Semitism and right-wing ideas

Ukrainian media reported that Vyacheslav was interested in pro-Ukrainian nationalist groups. The detainee was subscribed to the neo-Nazi group NS/WP on social networks, where he made racist statements against Jews. It is also alleged that Vyacheslav left numerous anti-Semitic and racist comments in other far-right groups.

The detainee also claimed that “the top of the right-wing movement serves the Jews’ and they “allowed the Jews to take power.” He also wrote: “Azov, Right Sector and now are fighting for the interests of Jews.” He also added:

The Jewish president directly states that we (Ukrainians) are fighting for some “European values” – a multicultural future under the auspices of the European Union.

According to Vyacheslav, the Ukrainian “Right” after Maidan betrayed their ideas and abandoned their ideology. He also said that the Rights should take matters into their own hands and continue to follow their ideas.

The murder of former MP Iryna Farion has shocked the Ukrainian public and appears to be a wake-up call as it shows the corrosion of the Ukrainian state organism and law enforcement structures. Such a brutal way of settling scores with each other is very dangerous thing and Ukrainian law enforcers need to take control of the situation.

Read more HERE

[thoughtlessarse]

Last week, the Biden administration said it would allow the Azov Brigade, a Ukrainian military unit, to receive U.S. weaponry and training, freeing it from a purported ban imposed in response to concerns that it committed human rights violations and had neo-Nazi ties. A photo posted by the unit itself, however, seems to suggest that the U.S. was providing support as far back as December of last year. The photo, in tandem with the administration’s own statements, highlights the murky nature of the arms ban, how it was imposed, and under what U.S. authority. Two mechanisms could have barred arms transfers: a law passed by Congress specifically prohibiting assistance to Azov, and the so-called Leahy laws that block support to units responsible for grave rights violations. The State Department said this month that weapon shipments will now go forward after a Leahy law review, but won’t comment on if and when a Leahy ban was in effect. The congressional prohibition, the U.S. says, does not apply because it barred assistance to the Azov Battalion, a predecessor to the Azov Brigade. The original unit had earned scrutiny for alleged human rights violations and ties to neo-Nazi and white supremacist ideologies. The U.S. has not made clear about when the apparent ban started, but a deputy Azov commander and media reports indicate some type of prohibition has been in effect for nearly a decade — though the congressional ban has only been in effect since 2018. “There was a request for resources for the 12th Special Forces Brigade, which prompted a Leahy vetting process, in which they were found to be eligible,” a State Department spokesperson told The Intercept, suggesting the approval process did not deal with any existing bans. (The State Department did not respond to questions asking for clarity if that was the case.) One former American official said that because of the unit’s byzantine history of reorganizations and official status, the State Department should better explain its decisions. “Given the history of the Azov Regiment, the Azov Battalion, and the Azov Brigade, the State Department’s ought to provide a more detailed rationale for the finding that the Brigade is eligible pursuant to the Leahy law,” Charles Blaha, the former director of the State Department’s Office of Security and Human Rights, told The Intercept. “My guess is that the Department found that the Brigade is a ‘new unit,’ distinguishable from the Battalion and the Regiment. If that’s correct, the Department should say so.”

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[dotnews]

Trench warfare. First Person Shooter. 🇺🇦 Azov Brigade storm Russian trenches. Serebryansky Forest

[nando161mando]

Taxi bat Irunen (Gipuzkoa), Azov Erregimentua erakunde faxista ukrainarraren eranskailuarekin

A taxi in Irun (Gipuzkoa) with a sticker of the Ukrainian fascist organization Azov Regiment

[immaculatasknight]

Another not-see

[reality-detective]

Ben Swann, Truth in Media... Zelensky Unmasked

It has long been understood that Ukraine’s Azov Brigade uses neo-Nazi, white nationalist ideology as its organizing principle.

Media organizations around the world (including some funded by the US) have denounced it and its influence in Ukraine's military.

But the CIA has colluded with Ukrainian Nazis since 1946, just one year after World War II. Since then, neo-Nazism in Ukraine has prospered, making it perhaps the most hate-filled nation on Earth. 🤔

@Truth_InMedia

[panimoonchild]

Ukrainians are made of stainless steel

Ukrainian defenders conduct offensive in Serebryanske forestry. The brigades' units advanced 1 km in depth and 2 km along the front, completing one of the stages of offensive operations in their area.

The defenders asked the media and the public not to create information noise and not to report details of the advance of the Defense Forces without official confirmation from the media services of the 12th Azov Brigade and the 1st Bureviy Brigade.

"Success loves silence," they emphasized.

Info from telegram channel Ukraine NOW.

Russian culture is ecocide, by the way.

Don't be indifferent. Make Russia pay. Please hear our cry out to the world, keep spreading our voices, and donate to our army and combat medics (savelife.in.ua, prytulafoundation.org, Serhii Sternenko, hospitallers.life, ptahy.vidchui.org, and u24.gov.ua).

[dontforgetukraine]

"[The attack in] Olenivka is a crime against humanity, a violation of all possible rules of warfare and treatment of prisoners of war. Russia is relying on the short memory of the international community, on the oblivion of its crimes and its own propaganda. The more people learn about the occupiers' crimes, the fewer chances Russia has to avoid punishment. Talk about Olenivka. Join us in honouring the victims of the terrorist attack."

—The Azov Special Forces Brigade

Source: Two years after terrorist attack in Olenivka prison camp: Tributes to fallen soldiers in Ukraine and abroad

Read the article to see the schedule of rallies taking place abroad.

[lasseling]

Boris Johnson Caught Holding Nazi Flag in UK Parliament; Calls Neo-Nazi Azov Brigade ‘Heroes’

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been pictured fraternizing with Ukraine’s notorious neo-Nazi Azov brigade and posing for a photo while holding a flag bearing a Nazi symbol associated with the Third Reich’s SS.

[snovyda]

Why won't you answer any tells about the Azon Battalion and its reach within the Ukrainian Army? 🥺🥺🥺 afraid of your followers knowing your true beliefs? You fascist piece of shit.

I was dealing with some real life stuff, and I have to admit, your first two questions had me fooled into thinking that maybe they were asked in good faith, so I wanted to give a long and nuanced answer.

But I see you're a russian nazi supporter (LOL the levels of projecting you lot do by daring to call anyone else a fascist). And I also started my day with the sounds of missiles being intercepted nearby, so I'm really done. So short facts for you:

1. I have no faintest idea what "Azon battalion" is. If you want to have a gotcha on something, at least try to know what you are talking about.

2. If you meant "Azov battalion" (named after the Azov Sea, on the shores of which it was formed in the spring of 2014), then that one was doesn't exist, either, hasn't existed for about 9 years now. It was reorganised and regrouped multiple times, and many prominent members (some of whom were linked to right-wing groups) have left.

3. What is called "Azov" now is officially "12th assault brigade of the National Guard 'Azov'". It is operating in accordance to laws and, just like all the military, obeys the higher military command of the country and fulfills its tasks and orders. Their current command have spoken up multiple times about the condemnation of authoritarian fascist regimes (one of which they are actively fighting). It is also a BRIGADE, one of many, which is a few thousand people within the whole army of somewhere around a million. I haven't got the faintest idea what you are blabbering on about their "reach" or "influence" as if they are some sort of a "Hydra" spy network or even a political organization. Individually, there are all kinds of people in the army, of course, with all kinds of views, some good and some bad, but they are obliged to comply with laws and rules. You seem to have some cartoon level of thinking (plus a hefty amount of russian propaganda with its often photoshopped pictures and laughably stupid stories) on how a fucking army operates.

My views are very simple: I want the fascist invader to leave my country. I want to not be bombed or killed/raped/tortured/deported (all the things said fascist invader is doing here). I want the occupied territories, where the invaders are currently doing all those things, to be freed. I want to live in a free country with the human rights upheld. Currently the only thing that is defending me is the Ukrainian army. All of its brigades and battalions and regimens and what have you.

So from the bottom of my heart: go fuck yourself, you pro-nazi invader scum.

[anastasiamaru]

Conducting artillery fire is a continuous process in which every member of the crew is involved. The high firepower of the gun targets enemy armor, weapons, and personnel.

Artillerymen of the 12th Special Purpose Brigade "Azov" engage enemy targets with the 152mm howitzer "Msta-B."

P.S The "Msta-B" is a soviet 152-mm self-propelled howitzer developed in the 1980s. It is designed for engaging enemy personnel, equipment, and fortifications at medium to long ranges.

Caliber: 152 mm

Range: Up to 24 km (with new ammunition up to 30 km)

Weight: Approximately 45 tons

Rate of Fire: Up to 5 rounds per minute

Minimum Crew: 4-6 people

The howitzer is equipped with an automated loading system and fire control system, allowing for rapid and accurate targeting. Its mobility is provided by a wheeled chassis, enabling quick movement between positions.