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A regiment in Ukraine's military was founded by white supremacists.
Last week, the official Twitter account for the National Guard of Ukraine shared a video apparently showing soldiers from Ukraine’s Azov Regiment dipping their bullets into pig fat before battle.
One soldier in the video says “Dear Muslim brothers, in our country, you will not go to heaven.”
The video, which is aimed at predominantly Muslim Chechen fighters in Russia’s invasion force, spotlights an uncomfortable truth for Ukraine’s military: The front-line Azov Regiment was founded eight years ago by extremist right-wing militants, including avowed neo-Nazis. It has long served as an inspiration for US-based right-wing extremists and white supremacists, some of whom traveled to Ukraine for training and combat experience.
In a speech announcing the attack on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he aims to “de-Nazify” the country.
On its face, the statement was baffling. Ukraine, a sovereign democratic nation led by a Jewish president whose family was almost wiped out in the Holocaust, is categorically not, as Putin would like people to believe, beholden to neo-Nazis, according to several experts and political scientists who spoke with USA TODAY.
The Azov Regiment is part of Ukraine’s broader “Azov Movement,” which has at its core white supremacist and anti-Semitic philosophy. But the extremist-right commands support from at best perhaps 2% of the Ukrainian electorate, according to one prominent political scientist.
In a speech announcing the attack on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he aims to “de-Nazify” the country.
On its face, the statement was baffling. Ukraine, a sovereign democratic nation led by a Jewish president whose family was almost wiped out in the Holocaust, is categorically not, as Putin would like people to believe, beholden to neo-Nazis, according to several experts and political scientists who spoke with USA TODAY.
The Azov Regiment is part of Ukraine’s broader “Azov Movement,” which has at its core white supremacist and anti-Semitic philosophy. But the extremist-right commands support from at best perhaps 2% of the Ukrainian electorate, according to one prominent political scientist.
In a speech announcing the attack on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he aims to “de-Nazify” the country.
On its face, the statement was baffling. Ukraine, a sovereign democratic nation led by a Jewish president whose family was almost wiped out in the Holocaust, is categorically not, as Putin would like people to believe, beholden to neo-Nazis, according to several experts and political scientists who spoke with USA TODAY.
The Azov Regiment is part of Ukraine’s broader “Azov Movement,” which has at its core white supremacist and anti-Semitic philosophy. But the extremist-right commands support from at best perhaps 2% of the Ukrainian electorate, according to one prominent political scientist.
In a speech announcing the attack on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he aims to “de-Nazify” the country.
On its face, the statement was baffling. Ukraine, a sovereign democratic nation led by a Jewish president whose family was almost wiped out in the Holocaust, is categorically not, as Putin would like people to believe, beholden to neo-Nazis, according to several experts and political scientists who spoke with USA TODAY.
The Azov Regiment is part of Ukraine’s broader “Azov Movement,” which has at its core white supremacist and anti-Semitic philosophy. But the extremist-right commands support from at best perhaps 2% of the Ukrainian electorate, according to one prominent political scientist.
In a speech announcing the attack on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he aims to “de-Nazify” the country.
The Azov Regiment is part of Ukraine’s broader “Azov Movement,” which has at its core white supremacist and anti-Semitic philosophy.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine draws attention to extremist regiment (usatoday.com)
Gee who'd a thunk that the Ukraine was racist? That they were that ignorant and that is what P.J. lefty supports.
Personally, I wish that Biden had got off his duff a year ago and negotiated a `truce or non-combatant agreement and no war had taken place, but this is the type of action where "Sleepy" earned his nickname.
Last week, the official Twitter account for the National Guard of Ukraine shared a video apparently showing soldiers from Ukraine’s Azov Regiment dipping their bullets into pig fat before battle.
One soldier in the video says “Dear Muslim brothers, in our country, you will not go to heaven.”
The video, which is aimed at predominantly Muslim Chechen fighters in Russia’s invasion force, spotlights an uncomfortable truth for Ukraine’s military: The front-line Azov Regiment was founded eight years ago by extremist right-wing militants, including avowed neo-Nazis. It has long served as an inspiration for US-based right-wing extremists and white supremacists, some of whom traveled to Ukraine for training and combat experience.
In a speech announcing the attack on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he aims to “de-Nazify” the country.
On its face, the statement was baffling. Ukraine, a sovereign democratic nation led by a Jewish president whose family was almost wiped out in the Holocaust, is categorically not, as Putin would like people to believe, beholden to neo-Nazis, according to several experts and political scientists who spoke with USA TODAY.
The Azov Regiment is part of Ukraine’s broader “Azov Movement,” which has at its core white supremacist and anti-Semitic philosophy. But the extremist-right commands support from at best perhaps 2% of the Ukrainian electorate, according to one prominent political scientist.
In a speech announcing the attack on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he aims to “de-Nazify” the country.
On its face, the statement was baffling. Ukraine, a sovereign democratic nation led by a Jewish president whose family was almost wiped out in the Holocaust, is categorically not, as Putin would like people to believe, beholden to neo-Nazis, according to several experts and political scientists who spoke with USA TODAY.
The Azov Regiment is part of Ukraine’s broader “Azov Movement,” which has at its core white supremacist and anti-Semitic philosophy. But the extremist-right commands support from at best perhaps 2% of the Ukrainian electorate, according to one prominent political scientist.
In a speech announcing the attack on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he aims to “de-Nazify” the country.
On its face, the statement was baffling. Ukraine, a sovereign democratic nation led by a Jewish president whose family was almost wiped out in the Holocaust, is categorically not, as Putin would like people to believe, beholden to neo-Nazis, according to several experts and political scientists who spoke with USA TODAY.
The Azov Regiment is part of Ukraine’s broader “Azov Movement,” which has at its core white supremacist and anti-Semitic philosophy. But the extremist-right commands support from at best perhaps 2% of the Ukrainian electorate, according to one prominent political scientist.
In a speech announcing the attack on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he aims to “de-Nazify” the country.
On its face, the statement was baffling. Ukraine, a sovereign democratic nation led by a Jewish president whose family was almost wiped out in the Holocaust, is categorically not, as Putin would like people to believe, beholden to neo-Nazis, according to several experts and political scientists who spoke with USA TODAY.
The Azov Regiment is part of Ukraine’s broader “Azov Movement,” which has at its core white supremacist and anti-Semitic philosophy. But the extremist-right commands support from at best perhaps 2% of the Ukrainian electorate, according to one prominent political scientist.
In a speech announcing the attack on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he aims to “de-Nazify” the country.
The Azov Regiment is part of Ukraine’s broader “Azov Movement,” which has at its core white supremacist and anti-Semitic philosophy.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine draws attention to extremist regiment (usatoday.com)
Gee who'd a thunk that the Ukraine was racist? That they were that ignorant and that is what P.J. lefty supports.
Personally, I wish that Biden had got off his duff a year ago and negotiated a `truce or non-combatant agreement and no war had taken place, but this is the type of action where "Sleepy" earned his nickname.
