🧵The 3rd Assault Brigade in the 🇺🇦Ground Forces doesn't hide that Azov is a hardcore neo-Nazi movement. There are several units in its 1st Assault Battalion. Let's look at the 4th Assault Company, which follows <50 soldiers on IG. They are hidden, but I found almost half of them
We might as well start with "ranger_88_" (88 meaning HH, "Heil Hitler") whose Instagram story was shared by the official "assaultcompany4" yesterday. Here he is at the October 14, 2021 "White Lives Matter" march in Kyiv.
This guy ("skajenuy_pes") has the word "Psycho" tattooed on his forehead, and there is a photo of him on Instagram making a Nazi salute. He is also a fan of Nazi German band Stahlgewitter and wears a "Defend Dharma" swastika patch.
"Kylereese.13" reps the Hitler-worshipping Wotanjugend
"StormFuehrer" and "" don't have as much incriminating content on their profiles, but the usernames speak for themselves. Abwehr.SS
"Sasha_rebar66" is another Svastone fan
The most recent post on the page of "pavelshturma" is a picture of him wearing a Nazi officer's cap
"14litva88" is another account that the username speaks for itself (reference to Nazi "14 words," and "Heil Hitler")
"Tak.nada_" is a football hooligan from Vinnytsia, affiliated with "Sportowia" ultras, which does not shy away from being Nazis (e.g. 14-88 references)
The 4th Assault Company is apparently linked to the special unit "Hatred" affiliated with openly neo-Nazi "Nord Storm," an Azov-affiliated group from Kharkiv. It appears that "Hatred" fighters may be part of the 4th Assault Company. More about them...
According to the Instagram bio of "Artem_Ahnenerbe," he's a combatant of "Nord Storm Group." He is also a member of Azov street gang Centuria, and covered in Nazi tattoos.
".22" also has Nazi tattoos & shared a video of a knife fight apparently sponsored by Wotanjugend and Misanthropic Division (another proudly neo-Nazi group affiliated with Azov). I recently posted about his friend ("the_same_p.s."): Lost.world
"Billy.ab3" is a fan of neo-Nazi "Nord Division" music (named after Waffen-SS unit)
"dmitrij_volodymyrovych" is another Sportowia hooligan, personally awarded by Zelensky
"x_turikkkk_x" is apparently another straight-edge Nazi, who is friends with "" and fond of Azov's Nazi symbol abwehr.ss
“Oladushek__47” is another Svastone and Nord Division fan who has participated in 3rd Assault Brigade forums to advertise their unit
For those familiar with M-TAC, they once reposted "sever___a" wearing a patch of the crypto-Nazi "North Side Group" (which uses abbreviation "NS" and not "NSG" because "National Socialism")
There are a few more but you get the idea. For example here is another Nord Storm guy who posted a picture with Petro Gorbatenko AKA "Rollo," commander of the 1st assault battalion, who formerly led the Azov street gang Centuria in Kyiv, and got on CNN:
Of course, it's not really necessary to dig through all of these accounts to see that the 4th Assault Company is openly neo-Nazi. They even posted a video of someone wearing a patch of the extremely neo-Nazi "Misanthropic Division"
PS. I forgot to add “more about them…” (neo-Nazi “Hatred” unit) — to be continued…
P.P.S. Earlier I said "another straight edge Nazi" because I deleted the first one, since the 4th Assault Company doesn't actually follow him on Instagram. But today the unit reposted another "ranger_88_" IG story which further confirms that "x_shevasik_x" is one of them. (TBC?)
Ugh wait one more that I don't want to miss: another Nord Storm guy, "von_recht," whose photo with a Waffen-SS Galicia Division patch was reposted by major (not-so-crypto Nazi) 🇺🇦 brand M-TAC on Instagam today. He's also followed by 4th Assault Company. /END (for real this time)
🧵 about leader of aforementioned "Hatred" unit which might be part of the 4th Assault Company
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