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The Ukrainian National Guard has announced that the commander of the notorious neo-Nazi Azov brigade, Colonel Denis ‘Redis’ Prokopenko, will be promoted, significantly increasing his troop command.
Originally formed as a volunteer unit of radical nationalists, Azov rose to prominence in Ukraine following the 2014 Western-backed coup, reportedly becoming a central part of an international white supremacist network.
In an interview on Thursday, National Guard Commander General Aleksandr Pivnenko announced that Prokopenko would lead a new corps, which will encompass Azov along with four additional brigades.
Is there a non-RT version of this anywhere? People will dismiss anything Russian immediately.
This dude was leader of the Mariupol garrison during the siege of Mariupol btw. Somehow he wasn’t captured.
EDIT: Oh wait, the Russians exchanged him. Fucking idiots.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-tv-russia-has-released-some-fighters-taken-during-mariupol-battle-2022-09-21/
Yeah I bet he and the other nazis stayed in Turkey…
No prisoner swaps. Ukraine do not abide by agreements.
EDIT2:
https://news.online.ua/en/redis-announced-the-creation-of-the-1st-building-of-the-azov-national-university-video-892575/
It’s been reported that Ukraine has been specifically asking for Azov members during prisoner exchanges
Probably the ones who know the most incriminating shit given that they’re likely to be the ones doing it
There might be, but a lot of times it takes longer for those types of smaller, left anti-imperialist sites to share information like this. If you want this type of news “hot off the press,” you pretty much have to go to Russian media sites.
Hmmm I found one article I edited into the above.