Topic - Azov Regiment

The battalion drew controversy over allegations of torture and war crimes, One of the reasons given by Vladimir Putin for the 2022 invasion was the 'denazification' of Ukraine from allegedly far right forces, including Azov, who have been intensively discussed in Russian state media. - Source: Wikipedia

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Dmytro Kozatskyi, head of the Azov Regiment press service, photographer and Mariupol defender, is photographed showing his emaciated body after being held in Russian captivity since May and freed recently in a prisoner exchange, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Kozatsky is a winner of international photography awards for his Azovstal shots. He was also awarded with Ukraine's state award. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

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In this photo provided by Azov Special Forces Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard Press Office, an Azov Special Forces Regiment's serviceman, injured during fighting against Russian forces, poses for a photographer inside the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (Dmytro 'Orest' Kozatskyi/Azov Special Forces Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard Press Office via AP)

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Azov Regiment Chief of Staff Maj. Bohdan Krotevych stands amid ruins leveled by Russian artillery and airstrikes in the strategic port city of Mariupol. He vowed to fight to the “last bullet” as his unit remains cut off from supplies and under siege by Russian forces. (Photo courtesy of Bohdan Krotevych.)

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