The Biden regime has lifted restrictions on providing American weapons and training to the Azov Brigade, a prominent Ukrainian military unit known for its effectiveness in combat but tainted by allegations of far-right associations in the past.
🇺🇸🇺🇦 U.S. considered Azov as nazis until now essentially.
Azov was using U.S. weapons already, their TG is full of fotos with western arms. pic.twitter.com/46n0ygMaUj
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) June 11, 2024
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The State Department utilized the Leahy vetting process to assess the Azov Brigade, which is now part of Ukraine’s National Guard operating as the 12th Special Forces Brigade.
American laws traditionally bar assistance, including equipment and training, to foreign military units or individuals linked to serious human rights violations.
Following a thorough review, the State Department announced that there was no evidence of the 12th Brigade Azov committing Gross Violations of Human Rights (GVHR), marking a significant milestone for the unit.
In a social media post on X, the Azov Brigade expressed their appreciation for the opportunity, stating, “We are grateful to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Command of the National Guard of Ukraine, the Embassy of Ukraine in the United States of America, and everyone who contributed to successfully passing vetting.”
U.S. Embassy officials have confirmed that “the 12th Operational Purpose Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine” (the official name the 12th Special Forces Brigade Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine) has passed the vetting required by U.S. law and is eligible to receive… pic.twitter.com/8grhFzbRvT
— Azov Brigade (@azov_media) June 11, 2024
The decision by the State Department overrides previous restrictions that prevented Azov from participating in Western military exercises or accessing American-funded weaponry.
Despite Moscow’s persistent claims labeling Azov as a Nazi group and alleging atrocities, no concrete evidence has been presented to support these accusations, according to Sunday World.
In a notable development in 2022, Russia’s highest court officially branded Azov as a terrorist organization, reinforcing the ongoing narrative of the Kremlin against the brigade.
Originating from the Azov Battalion established in 2014 to combat Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, the brigade has faced scrutiny due to its recruitment from far-right circles.
Total desperation has set in. Washington is now arming Azov, again:
US has withdrawn the 7 year old ban on supplying US-made weapons to the Azov battalion in Ukraine
They are claiming there is now no evidence they are committing major human rights violations.
— The Sirius Report (@thesiriusreport) June 11, 2024
While current members disavow any extremist affiliations and past far-right connections, the Kremlin has weaponized Azov’s beginnings to frame Russia’s intervention as a stand against perceived Nazi influence within Ukraine.
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The hell they haven’t! Video’s have surfaced that I’ve personally seen of them shooting restrained captured Russian solders as torture! Kneecaps, in the balls, and God knows what else they’ve done. But you know the Democratic demonrats, “birds of a feather, flick together!”
Wearing swastikas and other old Nazi symbols using the Nazi salute and following the Nazi training manual and agendas is not considered a terrorist organization? Well then of course we currently have Nazi democrats in power so I understand the compassion for each other.
The AZOV are not NAZI, which is an insult to German and European National Socialism, they are communist Jews. The Jewish communist gangsters who rule Ukraine using Stalinist terror methods use the swastika and other NS items in order to intimidate Russia, this is how the communist Jews operate. Stepan Bandera fought against the Jewish Soviet communist tyranny in Russia on the side of NS Germany and was killed by a Jewish communist Soviet agent in 1959, who used a cyanide spray gun, a typical Jewish method of execution.