• TheDoctor [they/them]
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    2411 months ago

    Wait are there actually two units who use the name “Azov”? Because if so that’s even funnier.

    • Chronicon [they/them]
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      11 months ago

      nah even natopedia doesn’t attempt to draw this strong of a distinction. They’re composed of the same people (give or take casualties and new recruits), they are the same

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azov_Brigade

      They were folded into the official armed forces as a special operations battalion all the way back in 2014 (and even before that they were sanctioned by the interior department for a while). So all this guy is claiming is “we didn’t give them guns before 2014”, really.