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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]
The National Idea (Ukrainian: Ідея нації) "ꑭ" ("ꏢ") is the symbol actively used by Ukrainian nationalist organizations. It is most widely used by members of the Social-National Assembly, the Azov Civil Corps, and the Azov Brigade. The symbol has been compared and accused of being a variation of the Nazi symbol Wolfsangel. [1] [2] [3]
In 2022, Russia’s top court officially designated Azov a terrorist group. The brigade grew out of a group called the Azov Battalion, formed in 2014 as one of many volunteer brigades created to fight Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. The battalion drew its initial fighters from far-right circles.
The use of such symbols in the Russian Federation may result in liability under the Article 20.3 of the Code of ... Azov Brigade; List of designated terrorist groups ...
The Azov Brigade is among Ukraine’s most effective and popular fighting units but it has been dogged by its origins as a volunteer battalion that drew fighters from far-right circles and ...
The State Department reversed a decade-old prohibition on the Azov Brigade from using American training and weapons after a new analysis found no evidence of human rights violations by the unit ...
The Ukrainian military unit Azov Brigade, founded in 2014, used the symbol as part of its logo. [20] [22] Political scientist Ivan Gomza wrote in Krytyka that the Nazi connotations of the symbol in that logo are lost on most people in Ukraine, and the logo rather has an association with "a successful fighting unit that protects Ukraine."