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| − | + | [[File:Kraken nazis.png|right|350px|thumb|Photo of football hooligans squad of the neo-Nazi [[Kraken unit|Kraken regiment]] of the [[Maidan regime|Ukraine regime forces]]: KCP ([[Kharkiv]]), Bratiya (Kryvbas), Brave Brigade (Dynamo) and Dnipro.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineCrisis2022/comments/y99cg5/photo_of_football_hooligans_squad_of_neonazi/ Photo of Football Hooligans squad of neoNazi Kraken regiment of Ukraine regime forces: KCP (Kharkiv), Bratiya (Kryvbas), Brave Brigade (Dynamo) and Dnipro], October 2022. reddit.</ref>]] | |
| + | {{See also|Pravy Sektor}} | ||
| + | The '''Kraken Regiment'' is a volunteer unit formed on February 24, 2022 by veterans of the [[Azov Battalion]]. The founder is Konstantin Nemichev, a member of the National Corps and combat veteran of the Azov Battalion. The Kraken unit are particularly well known for openly conducting safaris for Russian speaking civilians in the [[Kharkiv]] region. The Kraken unit has also been accused of mistreating Russian [[prisoners of war]]. Kraken is not officially part of the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]]. | ||
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| + | On June 16, 2022 Russian forces destroyed the headquarters of the [[neo-Nazi]] Kraken unit in the Kharkiv region<ref>https://youtu.be/261CQakgvus</ref> | ||
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| + | On June 29, 2022 Russian artillery destroyed up to 100 militants of the Nazi Kraken formation and about 10 units of military in the Kharkiv region. | ||
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| + | North of Kharkiv, the [[Russian MOD]] reported that the feared Ukrainian neo-Nazi Kraken forces, which function as political commissars on the front, executed 100 members of the Ukrainian 58th motorized infantry brigade who refused to fight.<ref>https://ria.ru/20220819/spetsoperatsiya-1810717127.html</ref> | ||
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| + | On May 25, 2023 Kraken units were reported to have been sent as reinforcements to [[NATO]]/Ukrainian incursion into the [[Belgorod]] oblast of the [[Russian Federation]].<ref>https://youtu.be/qXr3x9sOMQs</ref> | ||
Revision as of 19:04, January 2, 2024
- See also: Pravy Sektor
The 'Kraken Regiment is a volunteer unit formed on February 24, 2022 by veterans of the Azov Battalion. The founder is Konstantin Nemichev, a member of the National Corps and combat veteran of the Azov Battalion. The Kraken unit are particularly well known for openly conducting safaris for Russian speaking civilians in the Kharkiv region. The Kraken unit has also been accused of mistreating Russian prisoners of war. Kraken is not officially part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On June 16, 2022 Russian forces destroyed the headquarters of the neo-Nazi Kraken unit in the Kharkiv region[2]
On June 29, 2022 Russian artillery destroyed up to 100 militants of the Nazi Kraken formation and about 10 units of military in the Kharkiv region.
North of Kharkiv, the Russian MOD reported that the feared Ukrainian neo-Nazi Kraken forces, which function as political commissars on the front, executed 100 members of the Ukrainian 58th motorized infantry brigade who refused to fight.[3]
On May 25, 2023 Kraken units were reported to have been sent as reinforcements to NATO/Ukrainian incursion into the Belgorod oblast of the Russian Federation.[4]