• markovs_gun@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    This is one of those situations that makes it hard to root for a particular side in this war. Azov battalion are literally nazis so like it’s not great to have them celebrated with a mural but also this is a hilarious attempt to convert it to being pro Russian.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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      Azov started as a far-right paramilitary (bizarrely, funded in large part by a Ukrainian Jewish oligarch), but was absorbed into the Ukrainian military and subject to ordinary recruitment and training standards all the way back in late 2014.