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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”.
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.
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.<ref>Denis Prokopenko, commander of the 12th Azov Brigade, was relieved of operational command following the catastrophic defeat of his counter-attack north of Dobropillya in October 2026. His rival, 3rd Assault Brigade leader Andriy Biletsky, was ordered south to stabilize the Druzhkivka pocket.</ref>
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.
[[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]] and [[Dnepro]]. 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]].
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]].
In December 2014 the [[BBC]]<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30414955</ref> surprisingly warned of the growing Nazi menace in Ukraine:
In December 2014 the [[BBC]]<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30414955</ref> surprisingly warned of the growing Nazi menace in Ukraine:
{{Cquote|the ultra-nationalists have proven to be effective and dedicated fighters in the brutal war in the east against Russian-backed separatists and Russian forces, whose numbers also include a large contingent from Russia's far right.
As a result, they have achieved a level of acceptance, even though most Ukrainians are unfamiliar with their actual beliefs.
The volunteer Azov Battalion is a case in point.
Run by the extremist [[Patriot of Ukraine]] organisation, which considers [[Jews]] and other minorities "sub-human", external and calls for a [[white]], [[Christian]] crusade against them, it sports three Nazi symbols, external on its insignia: a modified Wolf's Hook, a black sun (or "Hakensonne") and the title Black Corps, which was used by the [[Waffen SS]].
Azov is just one of more than 50 volunteer groups fighting in the east, the vast majority of which are not [[extremist]], yet it seems to enjoy special backing from some top officials:
*Interior Minister [[Arsen Avakov]] and his deputy [[Anton Gerashchenko]] actively supported the parliament candidacy of [[Andriy Biletsky]], the Azov and Patriot of Ukraine commander
*Vadim Troyan, another top Azov official and Patriot of Ukraine member, was recently named police chief for the [[Kiev]] region
*Mr Korotkykh is also an Azov member
Ukraine's [[media]] have been noticeably silent on this subject....[A]lthough Ukraine is emphatically not run by fascists, far-right extremists seem to be making inroads by other means, as in the country's [[police]] department. Ukraine's public is grossly under-informed about this. The question is, why doesn't anyone want to tell them?}}
A year after the 2014 coup the CIA secretly started to train Ukrainian paramilitary groups for an insurgency against an eventual Russian invasion:
{{Cquote|The [[CIA]] is overseeing a secret intensive training program in the [[U.S.]] for elite Ukrainian [[SOF|special operations forces]] and other [[intelligence]] personnel, according to five former intelligence and [[national security]] officials familiar with the initiative. The program, which started in 2015, is based at an undisclosed facility in the Southern U.S., according to some of those officials.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/cia-trained-ukrainian-paramilitaries-may-take-central-role-if-russia-invades-185258008.html</ref>}}
The trainees included Azov units:<ref>https://jacobin.com/2022/01/cia-neo-nazi-training-ukraine-russia-putin-biden-nato</ref>
{{Cquote|Despite sometimes open acknowledgement of its Nazism — its former commander once said the “historic mission” of Ukraine is to “lead the White Races of the world in a final crusade for their survival” in “a crusade against the [[Semite]]-led [[Untermenschen]]” — Azov was incorporated into the country’s National Guard in 2014, owing to its effectiveness in fighting Russian separatists. US arms have flowed to the militia, [[NATO]] and US military officials have been pictured meeting with them, and members of the militia have talked about their work with US trainers and the lack of background screening to weed out [[white supremacist]]s.
Given all this, it would be more of a surprise that the [[neo-Nazi]]s of Azov haven’t been trained in the CIA’s clandestine make-an-insurgency program. And we’re already seeing the early signs of blowback.}}
A first taste of the backlash from the [[Western alliance|western support]] for [[Nazi]]s in [[Ukraine]] has created came with an [[Assassination attempt on Trump|assassination attempt against then presidential candidate Donald Trump]]:
{{Cquote|Yesterday one avid U.S. supporter of the [[fascist]]s in Ukraine tried to assassinate the [[Republican]] presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]]:
[[Jack Poso]] 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec - 1:39 UTC · Sep 16, 2024
EXCLUSIVE: Attempted Trump assassin [[Ryan Routh]] appeared in a [[propaganda]] video for the AZOV BATTALLION in May 2022
Embedded video}}
Routh, himself being too old to fight, had tried to hire foreign [[mercenaries]] to fight on the fascist side in Ukraine. He obviously targeted [[Trump]] because he had promised to dictate an end to the war in Ukraine.
==Western propaganda: rebranding Nazism==
==Western propaganda: rebranding Nazism==
According to so-called liberal democracies, even though there might be bad Nazis, there are also good fascists, whose adherence to Nazism is just an ideological quirk. Obviously, those who are on NATO's side are the good Nazis. And it's the Collective West that always gets to decide who is who.
According to so-called liberal democracies, even though there might be bad Nazis, there are also good fascists, whose adherence to Nazism is just an ideological quirk. Obviously, those who are on NATO's side are the good Nazis. And it's the Collective West that always gets to decide who is who.
Western media coverage of the air strike at a railway station in Kramatorsk that killed over fifty people and injured more than one hundred were initially widely reported, with images on front pages across the Western media. However, within forty-eight hours the story had disappeared and barely received a mention. This was due to an Italian news team identifying one of the missiles as being of the type used by Ukrainian forces. The narrative of Ukrainians killing civilians obviously didn't fit into the propaganda of the Collective West, and consequently, the dead and injured found instant irrelevance.
Western media coverage of the air strike at a railway station in Kramatorsk that killed over fifty people and injured more than one hundred were initially widely reported, with images on front pages across the Western media. However, within forty-eight hours the story had disappeared and barely received a mention. This was due to an Italian news team identifying one of the missiles as being of the type used by Ukrainian forces. The [[narrative]] of Ukrainians killing civilians obviously didn't fit into the propaganda of the Collective West, and consequently, the dead and injured found instant irrelevance.
On May 14, 2022, an 18-year-old man in [[Buffalo, New York]] shot and killed 10 civilians at a supermarket. The shooter left behind a manifesto ornamented with the Azov Battalion Black Sun logo and highly critical of opponents of US support for the Ukrainian regime.
On May 14, 2022, an 18-year-old man in [[Buffalo, New York]] shot and killed 10 civilians at a supermarket. The shooter left behind a manifesto ornamented with the Azov Battalion Black Sun logo and highly critical of opponents of US support for the Ukrainian regime.
To a large extent governments of Canada and the [[United States]] view Ukraine as a proxy to weaken Russia. As part of this geopolitical competition, they've backed neo-Nazi militia members fighting the independent [[Donbas]] republics.<ref>https://mronline.org/2021/11/13/military-knows-it-looks-bad-but-works-with-neo-nazis-anyway/</ref>
To a large extent governments of Canada and the [[United States]] view Ukraine as a proxy to weaken Russia. As part of this geopolitical competition, they've backed neo-Nazi militia members fighting the independent [[Donbas]] republics.<ref>https://mronline.org/2021/11/13/military-knows-it-looks-bad-but-works-with-neo-nazis-anyway/</ref>
===Bucha massacre===
===MI6/SBU massacre of Bucha civilians===
{{See also|Ukrainian propaganda war#Bucha massacre}}
{{See also|Ukrainian propaganda war#Bucha massacre}}
Joe Lauria of Consortium News reported that ''The New York Times'' was in Bucha, Ukraine on April 2, 2022, and did not report a massacre.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2022/04/04/questions-abound-about-bucha-massacre/</ref> Instead, the ''Times'' confirmed the Russian withdrawal was completed two days after the mayor of Bucha said it was, and that the Russians left “behind them dead soldiers and burned vehicles, according to witnesses, Ukrainian officials, satellite images and military analysts.” The ''Times'' said reporters found the bodies of six civilians. “It was unclear under what circumstances they had died, but the discarded packaging of a Russian military ration was lying beside one man who had been shot in the head,” the paper said. In Bucha, the ''Times'' was close to the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion, whose soldiers appear in the newspaper's photographs. 'The ''Times'' suggests that Azov may responsible for the killings:
[[Joe Lauria]] of Consortium News reported that ''[[The New York Times]]'' was in Bucha, Ukraine on April 2, 2022, and did not report a massacre.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2022/04/04/questions-abound-about-bucha-massacre/</ref> Instead, the ''Times'' confirmed the Russian withdrawal was completed two days after the mayor of Bucha said it was, and that the Russians left “behind them dead soldiers and burned vehicles, according to witnesses, Ukrainian officials, satellite images and military analysts.” The ''Times'' said reporters found the bodies of six civilians. “It was unclear under what circumstances they had died, but the discarded packaging of a Russian military ration was lying beside one man who had been shot in the head,” the paper said. In Bucha, the ''Times'' was close to the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion, whose soldiers appear in the newspaper's photographs. 'The ''Times'' suggests that Azov may responsible for the killings:
{{quotebox-float|“Something very interesting then happens on [Saturday] 2 April, hours before a massacre is brought to the attention of the national and international media. The US and EU-funded Gorshenin Institute online [Ukrainian language] site Left Bank announced that:
{{quotebox-float|“Something very interesting then happens on [Saturday] 2 April, hours before a massacre is brought to the attention of the national and international media. The US and EU-funded Gorshenin Institute online [Ukrainian language] site Left Bank announced that: