{{See also|Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists}}
[[File:Azov Battalion.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Anti-Russian [[neo-Nazi]] group supported by Biden and NATO in Ukraine.<ref>https://mronline.org/2021/11/13/military-knows-it-looks-bad-but-works-with-neo-nazis-anyway/</ref><ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/02/17/western-media-is-literally-peddling-neo-nazi-propaganda-to-prompt-war-between-russia-and-ukraine/</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3848518841859137</ref>]]
The Azov Battalion, a neo-Nazi paramilitary unit of the Ukrainian National Guard,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220214233722/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kiev-lets-loose-men-in-black-qm85k6jhlbj</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220306234450/https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ab7dw/azov-battalion-ukraine-far-right</ref> has received [[NATO]] training and weapons from [[the West]] and the [[United States]].<ref>https://mronline.org/2021/11/13/military-knows-it-looks-bad-but-works-with-neo-nazis-anyway/</ref><ref>https://multipolarista.com/2022/03/10/nato-arming-training-nazis-ukraine-azov/</ref> Its leader, Andriy Biletsky, said the [[Ukrainian]] nation’s mission was to “lead the white races of the world in a final crusade against [[Semite]]-led subhumans”.<ref>https://www.rferl.org/a/azov-ukraine-s-most-prominent-ultranationalist-group-sets-its-sights-on-u-s-europe/29600564.html</ref> The group rose to prominence during the U.S.-backed [[Maidan coup]] which overthrew the democratically elected President [[Viktor Yanukovych]] during the [[Obama administration]].
Reports published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have connected the Azov Battalion to [[war crime]]s such as mass looting, unlawful detention, and torture.<ref name="ohchr1">{{cite web |url=http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/Ukraine_13th_HRMMU_Report_3March2016.pdf |title=Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 16 November 2015 to 15 February 2016 |work=Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |date=February 2016 |access-date=16 November 2016 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306083551/http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/Ukraine_13th_HRMMU_Report_3March2016.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ohchr2">{{cite web |url=http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/Ukraine_14th_HRMMU_Report.pdf |title=Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 16 February to 15 May 2016 |work=Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |date=May 2016 |access-date=16 November 2016 |archive-date=17 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517163153/http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/Ukraine_14th_HRMMU_Report.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> An OHCHR report from March 2016 stated that the organization had "collected detailed information about the conduct of hostilities by Ukrainian armed forces and the Azov regiment in and around Shyrokyne (31km east of [[Mariupol]]), from the summer of 2014 to date. Mass looting of civilian homes was documented, as well as targeting of civilian areas between September 2014 and February 2015."<ref name="ohchr1" />