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The Azov Battalion has created its own civilian political movement, collectively known as the "Azov movement", made up of an umbrella of organizations formed by former Azov veterans or groups linked to Azov, and with roots in the ultranationalist paramilitary Patriot of Ukraine group led by Azov founder Andriy Biletsky and the associated far ...
The brigade was established by a merger of the Azov SSO (Special Operations Forces) units that had been created by former Azov Battalion veterans. [2] [3] The brigade is commanded by Andriy Biletsky, founder and former commander of the Azov Battalion and former People's Deputy of Ukraine.
Zhorin joined the Azov Battalion as a volunteer in 2014 following the start of the war in Donbas, and rose to become commander of a regiment. He participated in the battle of Mariupol on June 13, 2014, and that August began fighting in the battle of Marinka, quickly liberating the city.
Members of the Azov Battalion have stated that the symbol represents the Ukrainian words for "united nation" [9] [10] or "national idea" rather than the inverted version of the Wolfsangel.
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 ...
One of the most instrumental groups for the recapture and subsequent defenses of Mariupol was the Azov Battalion, a Ukrainian volunteer militia, controversial for its openly neo-Nazi and ultranationalist members. [86] [87] [88] By November 2014 Azov was integrated into the National Guard of Ukraine, with Mariupol as its headquarters. [89]
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In October 2014, Ihor Mykhailenko replaced Biletsky as commander of Azov Battalion. [citation needed] In an interview to LB.ua (Left Bank) given on 10 December 2014, Biletsky announced that the Patriot of Ukraine suspended its activities as a political organization due to the war, and would be absorbed primarily into the Azov Battalion. [24]