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Oleksiy Kuzmenko Profile picture
@kooleksiy
Aug 22, 2019 • 6 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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Far-right figures, -linked groups among organizers of "March of Ukraine's defenders" set to take place on August 24th & acknowledged by Zelenskiy's Office as part of Independence day festivities in Kyiv. Medvedko, accused murderer of reporter Buzina, is one of the organizers.
Apparently initiated by "Veterans' movement of Ukraine" [founders include Azov-linked "Veterans Brotherhood"], an ally of far-right C14, "March of Ukraine's defenders" on August 24th is cast as apolitical, but can serve to further legitimize violent far-right groups&figures.
Far right are heavily involved in the march. That’s accused murderer of reporter Buzina, C14's Medvedko at the orgs' press conf - - next to Dmytro Shatrovskyi (Azov-linked “Veterans Brotherhood") who visited Lithuania in 2018 with far-right National Corps
Co-organizer of “March of Ukraine's defenders" Shatrovskyi was with far-right National Corps, National Militia leaders in Lithuania in 2018 as seen here archive.is/ciW28. National Corps is described as nationwide extremist group by @freedomhouse freedomhouse.org/report/special…
Far-right National Corps' leader Andriy Biletsky now calls on followers to join "March of Ukraine's defenders" casting it as apolitical. Thousands are reportedly joining that far right-organized event on Ukraine’s Independence Day.
Presidential Administration @TheBankova acknowledges far right-organized “March of Ukraine’s defenders” as as part of the Independence day festivities archive.is/n3UBy Far right continue to successfully infiltrate Ukrainian politics, public sphere under president Zelenskiy

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May 18, 2022
In the Azov Regiment’s magazine“Black sun”, fighters, AR figures contemporaneously wrote that the launch of a political wing was meant to allow the Regiment to influence politics. Far-right Azov movement has specialized branches with specific functions. AR - military, NC-politics
That being said, current leadership of the Regiment is very much part of Biletsky era “old guard”. Prokopenko, Palamar, Berkal are old school Azov types not “new blood”. Azov ran its own (!) recruitment, education systems allowing it to preserve its unique identity, standing.
Notably Biletsky’s role in the development of the Azov Regiment, protecting it (from the government of Ukraine at that!) post his formal departure for politics has been acknowledged by Kalyna, Berkal, others. AR continues to be tied to far-right National Corps, larger Azov mov-t.
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Apr 11, 2022
Photos show soldiers donning Azov Regiment "Spartan" patch in training with Canadian mil instructors in Ukraine in 2020.

@simoncoutu built on my findings regarding the Canada-backed National Guard of Ukraine center [] to find this
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/18734…
The center where Azov Regiment fighters trained - including, per new findings, with Canadian instructors - apparently also received some U.S. backing, per this 2019 Pentagon letter to Senator Risch foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/… Image
New findings ⬆️on Azov Regiment's access to Canadian military trainers, my earlier findings on AR access to other NGU training centers [] are in contrast to the Azov movement, observers claims that the Regiment had no access to Western assistance
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Feb 17, 2022
Instructors of the Azov Regiment [=National Guard of Ukraine unit & mil wing of the internationally active far-right Azov movement] were trained in the [Canada-backed] NGU center and then taught dozens of Azov fighters a course developed by NGU and Canada military -per NGU, Azov ImageImageImageImage
Per statements, btw Aug-Oct 2021, 33 Azov fighters completed a 10-week course "developed with [Canada's] Operation Unifier', and instructors from Azov's Yevhen Konovalets Military School [YKMS] were trained for the task in the [Canada-backed] NGU center in Zolochiv. ImageImage
Statements DON'T claim that Canada military was involved in training Azov/YKMS instructors, fighters, decisions to train them. But, NGU's Zolochiv Center is backed by Canada, US. Per 2020 Regimental Journal of The Royal Canadian Regiment, Canadian trainers worked out of Zolochiv. ImageImageImageImage
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Feb 7, 2022
Slapdash coverage of efforts to train civilians in Ukraine for war is a disservice to that country & others. Internationally active far right piggyback on the government's efforts to grow their own ranks & appeal as media fail to ID organizers of various events in reports /1
The Azov movement is of course an example, as its role in widely covered events [see @I_Katchanovski about Kharkiv 1/5/2022 rally] incl. mil trainings in various cities is not disclosed by some media. BUT Azov is not the only INTERNATIONALLY ACTIVE group taking advantage /2
In 230 000+ Ivano-Frankivsk, far-right "Sokil" [youth wing of Svoboda party, city's mayor is a Svoboda member] trains [] civilians in firearms, tactical medicine. Sokil is CLOSE WITH GERMANY's NEO-NAZI "Dritte Weg" party & both groups are open about it /3 martsinkiv.if.ua/medychna-dopom…Image
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Nov 25, 2021
Fighters of the Azov Regiment - a unit of Ukraine's National Guard & the military wing of the internationally active far-right Azov movement - receive training in the U.S.-, Canada- backed training Centers of the National Guard of Ukraine. That's per Ukraine's National Guard.
In August, the National Guard stated that Azov fighter "Bars" [apparent real name: Oleksandr Moskalenko] graduated after 4 years from the [U.S.- and Canada-backed] National Academy of the National Guard of Ukraine and returned to the Regiment as an officer ngu.gov.ua/nove-pokolinny… ImageImageImageImage
In June, the [U.S.-, Canada-backed] International Interagency Multidisciplinary Training Centre stated that Azov fighter "Stohid" took part in a demining training supported by NATO's Support and Procurement Agency and led by "NATO instructors from the UK" facebook.com/NGU3070/posts/… Image
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May 25, 2021
Thread. Re Protasevich and Azov. Here's what's out there to be analyzed against other evidence, commentary: 1st photo is Protasevich, 2nd photo is the cover of Azov's "Black Sun" publication July 2015 issue #15. 3rd photo is what @azure says: "0.70 confidence" (that's high-ish).
There's less confidence from Azure when Azov's "Black Sun" cover photo is compared to other photos of Protasevich. For example, it's "0.62" with this photo.
IMPORTANT: The "Black Sun" Issue #15 cover was posted earlier today in comments on a neo-Nazi Telegram. I assumed it could be fake, but there is, in fact, a July 2015 post on Azov's now-dormant VK page featuring the cover, the issue itself is downloadable archive.ph/mYUOU
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