Zelensky and some of his cabinet are Jewish. I’m not sure how eager true neo-Nazis would be to serve someone of the ancestry, let alone protect them.
I also understand that after 2014, the Azov battallion was apparently absorbed into the National Guard and attempted to de-politiize by booting the proverbial jackboots. I’m not 100% certain it’s true, but in an effort to remain in the military and receive funding, let alone civilian and government support, it wouldn’t surprise me.
Our military has had its share of political factions. In the aughts during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, gang bangers were enlisting so they could receive the training, and then come home only to train their buddies who were on the streets. One of my friends is a Marine, and he said he wa ssurlrised to see Latin King tags in Iraq.
Most of those gangs have since dissolved into smaller factions or new gangs altogether, which I believe contributes to the high death rates of innocent people - they haven’t received such training, and blind fire. A lot of the guys who enlisted also got themselves off of the streets after a few years, got arrested, or ended up dead.
My friend also said that they had their fair share of skinheads, but they were very good at keeping it on the DL.
*surprised
Yeah, typos.
The Chechens were sent into Ukraine expressly to go after Azov as payback for that unit’s actions in the Chechen war.
Stephan Bandera is considered a hero by some, and a Nazi by others in Ukraine. The main avenue in many Ukrainian cities is named after him now - I had no idea of him until today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepan_Bandera