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On August 14, 2023, just over an hour after Biden foreign minister [[Antony Blinken]] announced another $200 million in military aid to Kiev, Ukrainian dictator Volodymyr Zelensky published a video depicting what he called an “open conversation” with Ukraine's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion. “I am grateful to everyone who defends our country and people, who brings our victory closer,” Zelensky wrote, following his encounter with the unit on the outskirts of [[Bakhmut]]. “The 3rd separate assault brigade, excellent fighters,” Zelensky wrote in a [[Twitter]] post which also alluded to a separate meeting with the [[Aidar Battalion]], another [[neo-fascist]] outfit that has been accused of war crimes by [[Amnesty International]]. “They have stopped the enemy from advancing towards Kostiantynivka and pushed the occupiers back up to 8 kilometers.”<ref>https://thegrayzone.com/2023/08/16/zelensky-ukraines-notorious-neo-nazi/</ref>  The meeting was largely interpreted as a last desperate measure given the dire straits the Zelensky regime found itself in, and among its demoralized fighting forces. The regime and Western media played down the presence of Nazi fighting units in the Ukrainian military financially supported by American and European taxpayers for a year and a half. The public recognition and praise Zelensky bestowed was a morale booster for the once [[demonize]]d Nazis who now are considered heroes and the [[Kyiv regime]]'s last, most loyal patriotic defenders.

On August 14, 2023, just over an hour after Biden foreign minister [[Antony Blinken]] announced another $200 million in military aid to Kiev, Ukrainian dictator Volodymyr Zelensky published a video depicting what he called an “open conversation” with Ukraine's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion. “I am grateful to everyone who defends our country and people, who brings our victory closer,” Zelensky wrote, following his encounter with the unit on the outskirts of [[Bakhmut]]. “The 3rd separate assault brigade, excellent fighters,” Zelensky wrote in a [[Twitter]] post which also alluded to a separate meeting with the [[Aidar Battalion]], another [[neo-fascist]] outfit that has been accused of war crimes by [[Amnesty International]]. “They have stopped the enemy from advancing towards Kostiantynivka and pushed the occupiers back up to 8 kilometers.”<ref>https://thegrayzone.com/2023/08/16/zelensky-ukraines-notorious-neo-nazi/</ref>  The meeting was largely interpreted as a last desperate measure given the dire straits the Zelensky regime found itself in, and among its demoralized fighting forces. The regime and Western media played down the presence of Nazi fighting units in the Ukrainian military financially supported by American and European taxpayers for a year and a half. The public recognition and praise Zelensky bestowed was a morale booster for the once [[demonize]]d Nazis who now are considered heroes and the [[Kyiv regime]]'s last, most loyal patriotic defenders.

Due to the loss of so many armored vehicles, by August 2023 Ukrainian commanders abandoned NATO tactics and switched to full blown "meat assault" tactics of infantry on foot.

Due to the loss of so many armored vehicles, by August 2023 Ukrainian commanders abandoned NATO tactics and switched to full blown "meat assault" tactics of infantry on foot.<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/western-trained-ukrainian-troops-are-abandoning-us-tactics-report-2023-8</ref>

Ukraine losses for the first 24 days of August 2023 were 17,370 personnel (KIA and wounded in action); 62 tanks; 368 Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs)s; 410 trucks; 346 artillery pieces; and 52 ammo dumps.

Ukraine losses for the first 24 days of August 2023 were 17,370 personnel (KIA and wounded in action); 62 tanks; 368 Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs)s; 410 trucks; 346 artillery pieces; and 52 ammo dumps.