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The 12th Special Operations Brigade "Azov" (Ukrainian: 12-та бригада спеціального призначення «Азов», romanized: 12-ta bryhada spetsialnoho pryznachennya "Azov") [8] is a formation of the National Guard of Ukraine formerly based in Mariupol, in the coastal region of the Sea of Azov, from which it derives its name. [9]
In December 2003, Ukraine and the Russian Federation agreed in a treaty to treat the sea and the Kerch Strait as shared internal waters. [30] [31] In September 2018, Ukraine announced the intention to add navy ships and further ground forces along the coast of the Sea of Azov, with the ships based at Berdiansk.
Denys Hennadiyovych Prokopenko (Ukrainian: Дени́с Генна́дійович Прокопе́нко, IPA: [deˈnɪs ɦeˈnːad⁽ʲ⁾ijoʋɪt͡ʃ prokoˈpɛnko]; born 27 June 1991) is a Ukrainian military officer who is a lieutenant colonel in the National Guard of Ukraine and commander of the 12th Special Forces Brigade "Azov", [1] [2] as well as a prominent participant of the Russo ...
The Azov Regiment, which has far-right and ultra-nationalist roots, is part of Ukraine's National Guard and evolved out of a battalion that was formed in 2014 and fought against Russian-backed ...
The 3rd Separate Assault Brigade (Ukrainian: 3-тя окрема штурмова бригада, romanized: 3-tya okrema shturmova bryhada) is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2022. [1] The brigade was established by a merger of the Azov SSO (Special Operations Forces) units that had been created by former Azov Battalion ...
The National Guard of Ukraine was originally created by the Law of Ukraine "On the National Guard of Ukraine" dated 4 November 1991, No. 1775 -XII. It was created on the basis of part of the Internal Troops of the Soviet Union in the Ukrainian SSR , while the Internal Troops of Ukraine also was established at almost the same time in 1992 as ...
The United States has lifted a ban on sending weapons and training to the Ukrainian Azov brigade, which played a vital role in the defense of the port city of Mariupol, but had a controversial past.
Azov (Russian and Ukrainian: Азов), previously known as Dzerzhynske (Ukrainian: Дзержинське), is a village [1] in Novoazovsk Raion of Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, [2] [3] The village is located 124 km SSE of Donetsk city center. Azov was captured by Donetsk People's Republic forces during the war in Donbas. [4]