The “Azov” formation is a non-controlled paramilitary formation that is subordinated only to its leader and the Interior Minister [[Arsen Avakov]]. Prozorov recalled that in May 2017 another truce was concluded between the parties to the conflict. However, on May 9–10 the Azov artillery shelled the DPR and Mariupol. The former SBU officer noted that this is how the battalion carried out the orders of their superior, without informing the leadership of the ATO and the National Guard. | The “Azov” formation is a non-controlled paramilitary formation that is subordinated only to its leader and the Interior Minister [[Arsen Avakov]]. Prozorov recalled that in May 2017 another truce was concluded between the parties to the conflict. However, on May 9–10 the Azov artillery shelled the DPR and Mariupol. The former SBU officer noted that this is how the battalion carried out the orders of their superior, without informing the leadership of the ATO and the National Guard. |