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→Aidar Battalion
According to [[Aidar Battalion]]'s official website: '''Battalion history''':
According to [[Aidar Battalion]]'s official website: '''Battalion history''':
{{quotebox-float|May 25 [2014] is Presidential Election Day, the battalion's first operation. The task is to ensure the unimpeded expression of the will of citizens at the polling stations of Starobilsk region, near Novoaidar. In the Novoaidarovsky district, unknown persons with weapons shot polling stations, took away boxes. During the battle, 13 people were detained, had a Cossack certificate, the 14th was a father from the UOC-Moscow Patriarchate with weapons in his hands. The detainees were transferred to Kharkiv to the SBU Office. The first operation took place near the Aidar River, the battalion was named after her.<ref>[ https://archive.ph/v6Guw#selection-1641.0-1749.12 By Administrator Feb 13, 2015]</ref>}}
{{quotebox-float|May 25 [2014] is Presidential Election Day, the battalion's first operation. The task is to ensure the unimpeded expression of the will of citizens at the polling stations of Starobilsk region, near Novoaidar. In the Novoaidarovsky district, unknown persons with weapons shot polling stations, took away boxes. During the battle, 13 people were detained, had a Cossack certificate, the 14th was a father from the UOC-Moscow Patriarchate with weapons in his hands. The detainees were transferred to Kharkiv to the SBU Office. The first operation took place near the Aidar River, the battalion was named after her.<ref>[ https://archive.ph/v6Guw#selection-1641.0-1749.12 By Administrator Feb 13, 2015]</ref>}}
===Roots of the Azov Battalion movement===
The roots of the Azov movement can be found in the Neo-Nazi [[football hooligan|soccer hooligan]] scene of [[Kharkiv]]. [[Andrei Biletsky]] was the central figure of the nascent movement for the longest time. A Kharkiv native, he joined numerous nationalist organizations, for example the Lviv-based “Tryzub”. He also actively supported the Kharkiv cell of the [[Social-National Party of Ukraine]], now renamed Svoboda. In 2006, Biletsky founded [[Patriot of Ukraine]], a nationalist organization that engaged in street violence and [[terrorism]]. Biletsky's patron during this period was [[Arsen Avakov]], an [[Armenia]]n-Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician. In 2005–2010, Avakov was the governor of Kharkiv oblast. During this period, Patriot of Ukraine was unofficially deputized by Kharkiv police. Biletsky's gang helped the [[police]] patrol the streets for [[illegal immigrant]]s, and also to combat illegal businesses. Aside from their political activities, they served as enforcers for Avakov's business ventures and reached a significant level of political protection.
In 2011, Biletsky and several of his comrades were arrested for organized robbery; in early 2014, Avakov became Minister of the Interior after the [[Euromaidan coup]] and had them released from prison. The relationship with the hooligans continued. Russian Neo-Nazi Sergei Korotkikh aka “Botsman” is a personal friend of Avakov's son. Botsman also leads a separate Azov unit, the “Botsman Boys”.
[[File:Avakov and Biletsky.png|left|300px|thumb|Avakov and Biletsky]]
Biletsky's Patriot of Ukraine group joined the [[Euromaidan]] protests and the notorious [[Pravy Sektor]]. Biletsky's men took part in the post-Euromaidan civil strife. Then known as “Little black men from Kharkiv”, they published threatening video messages to the Russian population; they rode around the country and engaged in political violence.
Biletsky's militants came to Odessa and participated in the May 2nd 2015 [[Trade Unions House massacre]]; they attacked Anti-Maidan protests in Kharkiv or straight up had pro-Russian activists “disappeared” with the help of the [[Ukrainian gestapo]], the Security Service of Ukrainian (SBU).
The post-[[Maidan]] civil strife turned into [[Donbas war|civil war]]. The Euromaidan regime in Kyiv realized they could not rely on the Ukraine d army. Its elite military units were being humiliated by coal miner [[militia]]s in Donbas. The "Volunteer Battalions," under the patronage of Arsen Avakov, were created. Azov, [[Aidar]], Donbas, [[Tornado Battalion|Tornado]], Dnipro — these and many other Ministry of the Interior formations are infamous for their horrifying reign of terror in [[Eastern Ukraine]].
The places where they were stationed, Shirokino, Zolotoye, [[Mariupol]] saw almost no fighting other than the battle for the Mariupol airport. This, however, didn't stop Azov from becoming famous. They ran the secret black site prison, "the Library" in Mariupol with the [[Kyiv regime]] gestapo, the SBU. In the city of Mariupol itself, hey started looting, raping, shooting random civilians, kidnapping, torturing and murdering pro-Russian activists, and other war crimes.
Azov transformed from a hooligan militia into a proper military unit with generous funding provided by Ukrainian [[oligarch]]s — not just Avakov, but also [[Kolomoisky]] and [[Rinat Akhmetov]].<ref>In early July 2023, as NATO aggression was mounting, Akhmetov called for a negotiated peace settlement. [https://www.bitchute.com/video/bbC8LqOJ3lDY/]</ref> Patriot of Ukraine became the “National Corps”, Azov's political wing. Not a mere political party, Azov's “civilian” organizations engaged in paramilitary training for radicals, children's education, charity, literature & many other things. They built a whole business empire ranging from publishing houses and tattoo parlors to brothels and drug dealing. Azov was involved in high-profile expropriations and hostile takeovers. Biletsky became a member of the Ukrainian Parliament. There were rumors that they tried to buy an island in [[Latin America]]. With political protection, mob ties & US sponsors they became a “state within the state”.
After Biletsky's departure into politics, Denys Prokopenko was left in charge of the military unit. Prokopenko became recognizable to the general public only when he refused to salute Zelensky at an awarding ceremony.
Mariupol became Azov's headquarters — a Russian-speaking city given to them as a [[feudal]] [[fief]]dom by the [[Maidan regime]]. The city housed the headquarters and one of the regiment's battalions. Other battalions, including the most numerous, were established in Kharkiv Dnepropetrovsk. The leaders and iconic figures of the movement are concentrated in Kyiv. After the defeat at Mariupol in May 2022, Azov has been replenished with numerous supporters from the civilian corps and their own mobilization reserve.
Azov franchise is exists in Kyiv; the Kharkiv branch (“Kraken” and “Freikorps”) was the one responsible for videos of Russian prisoners of war being executed. Azov's political arm, the National Corps, has established a military dictatorship in Kharkiv during the [[SMO]].
===Ethnic cleansing===
===Ethnic cleansing===