https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241...ght-groups
Now there is a piece on the board I did not expect - that the neo-Nazis would be telling the Jewish president of Ukraine that if he stops fighting they will march to Kyiv and overthrow him - now armed to the brim with US and European made weapons since they were removed from the US's terrorist sanctions in mid-2024.
What a shit show.
Quote:Although he didn’t name names, Merezhko’s words clearly struck a nerve. Dmytro Kucharchuk, a commander in the Third Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces, took to social media to call the deputy a far-left coward. Another brigade commander, Maksym Zhorin, accused Marezhko of having no idea what he was talking about, saying in no uncertain terms that yes, in fact, negotiations on Russia’s conditions would always be seen as capitulation.
“As for the right wing, they are the basis of the country's security,” he added.
It’s not hard to see why both men would feel that Merezhko had been talking about them. The Third Assault Brigade was created by veterans of the far-right Azov Battalion as a volunteer unit following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, before being folded into the nation’s armed forces. It is led by Azov Battalion founder and far-right politician Andriy Biletsky, who in 2010 reportedly called for Ukraine to “lead the white races of the world in a final crusade” against what he described as “Semite-led Untermenschen” – or subhumans.
As for the formal successor to the Azov Battalion itself, now absorbed into Ukraine’s National Guard as the 12th Azov Assault Brigade – or Azov Brigade – it has publicly tried to distance itself from its white supremacist roots.
Now there is a piece on the board I did not expect - that the neo-Nazis would be telling the Jewish president of Ukraine that if he stops fighting they will march to Kyiv and overthrow him - now armed to the brim with US and European made weapons since they were removed from the US's terrorist sanctions in mid-2024.
What a shit show.
