The '''Aidar Battalion''', also known later as the 24th separate assault battalion "Aidar", was created in 2014. On a voluntary basis, it included militants of various [[neo-Nazi]] associations operating during the [[coup d'état]] in [[Ukraine]] in 2013-2014. In particular, the backbone of "Aidar" were members of the Maidan Self Defense militias.<ref>Maidan regime [[gestapo]] head [[Arsen Avakov]] later incorporated these neo-Nazi radicals of the Maidan Self Defense militias into the Ministry of Interior. https://avakov.com/biography.html</ref> The appearance of the national battalion was initiated by the ex-head of the Maidan Self Defense, Sergey Melnichuk. And the "godfather" of the militants was the notorious commandant of the Maidan revolution, [[Andriy Parubiy]]. He was personally engaged in the selection of the first hundred candidates for joining the battalion. | The '''Aidar Battalion''', also known later as the 24th separate assault battalion "Aidar", was created in 2014. On a voluntary basis, it included militants of various [[neo-Nazi]] associations operating during the [[coup d'état]] in [[Ukraine]] in 2013-2014. In particular, the backbone of "Aidar" were members of the Maidan Self Defense militias.<ref>Maidan regime [[gestapo]] head [[Arsen Avakov]] later incorporated these neo-Nazi radicals of the Maidan Self Defense militias into the Ministry of Interior. https://avakov.com/biography.html</ref> The appearance of the national battalion was initiated by the ex-head of the Maidan Self Defense, Sergey Melnichuk. And the "godfather" of the militants was the notorious commandant of the Maidan revolution, [[Andriy Parubiy]]. He was personally engaged in the selection of the first hundred candidates for joining the battalion. |