Ukraine’s Controversial Azov Brigade Boasts It’s “More Dangerous” As US Lifts Weapons, Training Ban

Azov Brigade said it will become more “dangerous for Russian occupiers” after the Biden administration’s decision to lift its weapons and training ban on the controversial Ukrainian unit. The US State Department’s decision reverses a ban-imposed years ago amid concerns in Washington about the group’s origins.
The Azov Brigade is known for its tenacious but ultimately unsuccessful defence of the Azovstal steel mill in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Azov Brigade was barred from using US arms over allegations that some of its founders espoused racist, xenophobic and ultranationalist views. The UN human rights officials have also accused the Ukrainian military group of humanitarian violations.
Now the brigade, a one-time volunteer militia, will have access to the same US military assistance as any other unit.
Meanwhile, reacting to the move, the Ukrainian unit said that US weapons will “increase the combat ability of Azov”
“This is a new page in our unit’s history,” the Azov Brigade wrote in a statement on Instagram. “Azov is becoming even more powerful, even more professional and even more dangerous for occupiers.”
“Obtaining western weapons and training from the United States will not only increase the combat ability of Azov, but most importantly, contribute to the preservation of the lives and the health of personnel,” the statement said.
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0:00 INTRODUCTION
1:05 WHY WAS AZOV BANNED FROM USING US WEAPONRY?
2:55 WHAT IS AZOV BRIGADE?
4:05 PUTIN ON AZOV BRIGADE
5:15 ALLEGATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

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23 comments

  4. So this confuses me. This government, that calls every Trump supporter a nazi or supremacist is going to send money and arms to actual Nazis. Those guys will train Nazis from all over the world to fight Russia. Afterward they will return home yeah?
    😂 please make it make sense. So are they going to pretend like they never knew it would happen? Or will Trump be the scapegoat as usual for our very brilliant media?
    Curious

  6. Why would usa care when they were the ones to hire, spread, appoint nazi's with their Operation "Paperclip". Won't be surprised if nazi's infiltrated deep inside usa and are now in control of usa and such.

  9. What a waste of time?
    They can only sell fear to their own Ukrainians.
    Russians are fearless,they will place the fake brigade where it belongs.
    Highly overated but zero delivery 😮😮

  10. As a European citizen.
    Who could ever believe that the USA would fall so low.
    So in other words, these guy's the 'AZOV' won't do to EU what the Talibans did.
    They wont fight the Ukrainian government afterwards with terrorism?

  14. Ukraine and Palistine are biden's wars.
    And he sits in his cosy office and watches the drama.
    And his henchmen and allies joke and laugh

  17. US stands for nothing in real sense, most of it is posturing and mind control. They can do anything for their interests in complete disregard of everything else

  20. Most of the old AZOV are all dead.The current brigade are just motivated fighters who want to evict Putin from Ukraine. Russian propaganda got the NAZI angle started and Western reporters found some isolated cases of Loony Tunes in AZOV who had far right leanings.The reporters, looking for a controversy for a juicy story. ran with the Russian narrative.
    Dozens of Russian soldiers killed and captured in Ukraine had swastikas and other NAZI symbols tattooed all over their bodies.Plenty of photographic evidence.Does this make all Russians NAZI`s?
    All groups ,left,right, anarchists have people in them who are distasteful but if you are backed into a corner, an enemy, of my enemy, is a friend.Here we have motivated fighters fighting for a Jewish president, does this make him a NAZI too? I think the Russian propaganda machine played the Western press like a fiddle.

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