Nobody is more critical of Azov than I. But to use one reserve military unit as a basis for judging an entire country in its struggle against a Russian aggressor is simple-minded, IMHO. You would be able to find fault within any country, using your standard.
Can you please point us to the KKK or Antifa militia incorporated into the US Military?
And it is not just Azov. There are several militias with the same thinking created to get the Maidan guys out of town. Then like the original SS, they wield outsized influence over the regular armed forces.
And then there is the fact that when Zelinsky ordered the heavy artillery and most forces removed from Donbass, Azov, on video, told him they would instead bring in 10,000 for every thousand he removed. They also put up a video saying if he implemented Minsk 2 they would hang him from a tree on
Kreschatik street.
So it isn’t just one little wonky nazi militia over in the corner that isn’t a big deal. Also you are glossing over that one of the big reasons for the war was Azov’s 8 year artillery war against the Donbass people for the crime of opting out of the coup.
There are more Nazi aligned groups than Azov fighting in Ukraine. Azov just gets the most PR.