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On February 24, 2022 [[President Vladimir Putin]] of Russia announced [[Operation Denazification]] to clean out the fascist battalions which have waged war on the civilians of the [[Donbas]] Republics since 2014, killing at least 13,000.<ref>http://www.indiandefencereview.com/what-forced-a-russian-response-in-ukraine/</ref>  Azov Battalion members were added to Armed Forces of the Ukraine (AFU) units to function as political commissars during the 2022 [[Ukraine war]], executing Ukrainian soldiers who wanted to surrender to Russian forces.<ref>https://southfront.org/first-footage-from-illich-plant-in-mariupol-under-dpr-control-photos-video-18/</ref>  Azov members were accused by civilian survivors of committing heinous [[war crimes]] against civilians, including murder and the use of civilians, including children, as human shields.

On February 24, 2022 [[President Vladimir Putin]] of Russia announced [[Operation Denazification]] to clean out the fascist battalions which have waged war on the civilians of the [[Donbas]] Republics since 2014, killing at least 13,000.<ref>http://www.indiandefencereview.com/what-forced-a-russian-response-in-ukraine/</ref>  Azov Battalion members were added to Armed Forces of the Ukraine (AFU) units to function as political commissars during the 2022 [[Ukraine war]], executing Ukrainian soldiers who wanted to surrender to Russian forces.<ref>https://southfront.org/first-footage-from-illich-plant-in-mariupol-under-dpr-control-photos-video-18/</ref>  Azov members were accused by civilian survivors of committing heinous [[war crimes]] against civilians, including murder and the use of civilians, including children, as human shields.

[[File:Buffalo shooter manifesto.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Cover page of the Buffalo, New York shooter's manifesto with Azov Nazi Black Sun logo.<ref>https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1525601782197817344</ref>  The shooter murdered 10 people at [[Buffalo, New York]] supermarket on May 14, 2022.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/analysis/2022/05/14/buffalo-shooter-references-ukrainian-azov-battalion-nazi-symbols-hated-those-opposing-us-involvement-in-ukraine-conflict/</ref>]]

[[File:Buffalo shooter manifesto.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Cover page of the Buffalo, New York shooter's manifesto with Azov Nazi Black Sun logo.<ref>https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1525601782197817344</ref>  The shooter murdered 10 people at a [[Buffalo, New York]] supermarket on May 14, 2022.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/analysis/2022/05/14/buffalo-shooter-references-ukrainian-azov-battalion-nazi-symbols-hated-those-opposing-us-involvement-in-ukraine-conflict/</ref>]]

==Anti-Semitism==

==Anti-Semitism==

The Azov Battalion's [[anti-Semitism]] stems from the great famines of the 1920s and 1930s in the Ukraine, resulting from [[Stalin]]’s confiscation of crops to finance the modernization of the [[Red Army]]. This [[genocide]]—known in the Ukraine as the [[Holodomor]]—was perpetrated by the [[NKVD]] (the forerunner of the [[KGB]]), whose some of its upper echelons of leadership were mainly composed of [[Jews]]. This is why, today, Ukrainian extremists are using this in order to be asking [[Israel]] to "apologize" for the crimes of [[communism]], as the ''Jerusalem Post'' notes.<ref>https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/far-right-protesters-in-ukraine-demand-israel-apologize-for-communism-654711</ref> Though Stalin had no Jewish links and rather persecuted Jews<ref>Vaksberg, A. (1997). [https://books.google.com/books?id=bcRtAAAAMAAJ Stalin Against the Jews]. (n.p.): Random House Value Publishing.</ref><ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/24660789 Anti-jewish Policy Of The Ussr In The Last Decade Of Stalin's Rule And Its Impact On The East European Countries With Special Reference To Poland]. Bozena Szaynok. Vol. 29, No. 2/4, THE SOVIET GLOBAL IMPACT: 1945-1991 (SUMMER-FALL-WINTER 2002 / ÉTÉ-AUTOMNE-HIVER 2002), pp. 301-315 (15 pages)</ref> and he was the one overseeing all decisions. Nor is there a connection between those Communists and The state of Israel established by a variety of backgrounds and ideologies.

The Azov Battalion's [[anti-Semitism]] stems from the great famines of the 1920s and 1930s in the Ukraine, resulting from [[Stalin]]’s confiscation of crops to finance the modernization of the [[Red Army]]. This [[genocide]]—known in the Ukraine as the [[Holodomor]]—was perpetrated by the [[NKVD]] (the forerunner of the [[KGB]]), whose some of its upper echelons of leadership were mainly composed of [[Jews]]. This is why, today, Ukrainian extremists are using this in order to be asking [[Israel]] to "apologize" for the crimes of [[communism]], as the ''Jerusalem Post'' notes.<ref>https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/far-right-protesters-in-ukraine-demand-israel-apologize-for-communism-654711</ref> Though Stalin had no Jewish links and rather persecuted Jews<ref>Vaksberg, A. (1997). [https://books.google.com/books?id=bcRtAAAAMAAJ Stalin Against the Jews]. (n.p.): Random House Value Publishing.</ref><ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/24660789 Anti-jewish Policy Of The Ussr In The Last Decade Of Stalin's Rule And Its Impact On The East European Countries With Special Reference To Poland]. Bozena Szaynok. Vol. 29, No. 2/4, THE SOVIET GLOBAL IMPACT: 1945-1991 (SUMMER-FALL-WINTER 2002 / ÉTÉ-AUTOMNE-HIVER 2002), pp. 301-315 (15 pages)</ref> and he was the one overseeing all decisions. Nor is there a connection between those Communists and The state of Israel established by a variety of backgrounds and ideologies.