No, it’s fascist because of having SS emblems and tattoos and claiming nazi heritage, torchlight parades carrying Bandera posters, giving veteran status to Galician SS men, etc...
And Azov was defending nothing. It has just spent 8 years pounding the Donbass with artillery for the crime of opting out of the coup government.
The fake photos aside, yes, there are some neo-nazi leanings within the AZOV battalion, but let’s not fool ourselves into thinking that’s some kind of justification for the rape, pillage and plunder of a sovereign country that presented absolutely no threat to Russia.