Profile: Who are Ukraine’s far-right Azov regiment?
" These are the Nazi azov military but won’t say it "
The far-right neo-Nazi group has expanded to become part of Ukraine’s armed forces, a street militia and a political party.
A veteran of the Ukrainian national guard's Azov Battalion conducts military exercises for civilians in Kyiv, Ukraine on January 30, 2022 [File: Gleb Garanich/Reuters]
1 Mar 2022
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its sixth day, a Ukrainian far-right military regiment is back in the headlines.
Russian President Vladimir Putin referenced the presence of such units within the Ukrainian military as one of the reasons for launching his so-called “special military operation … to de-militarise and de-Nazify Ukraine”.