Azov Special Purpose Regiment
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| Azov Special Purpose Detachment | |
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| Country | Ukraine |
| Type | National Guard
(November 2014 - present) Special Police (May - November 2014) |
| Size | 800 fighters (October 2014) > 1000 fighters (after reformatting into a regiment) [2] |
| Engagements | War in eastern Ukraine Battle of Mariupol (2014) |
| Website | azov.org.ua |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Major Denis Prokopenko |
| Notable commanders | Andriy Biletsky |
Azov Special Purpose Separate Detachment, also known as the Azov Regiment (OZSP "Azov", unit 3057), is a unit of the National Guard of Ukraine and part of the Operational Command East.[1] The unit was established in 2014 as the Azov Volunteer Battalion and until November 11, 2014, was a unit of the special police patrol service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. The detachment is based in Mariupol, Donetsk region, and temporarily based in Berdyansk, Zaporizhia region.
The unit takes part in the hostilities in eastern Ukraine, mainly within the Azov region, as part of the_Ukrainian special forces. Azov liberated Mariupol in June 2014, took part in the battles near Ilovaisk, defended Mariupol from end of August 2014, and launched an offensive on Shirokino in February 2015.
The emblem of the regiment is a modified symbol of the "Idea of the Nation".
History[edit]
Creation[edit]
The Azov Battalion was established on May 5, 2014[2] in Berdyansk, along with other battalions of the Special Police Patrol Service (BPSMOP) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, forming a special police corps of people with military experience or who had completed an accelerated, two-week training course at the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
When it was first founded, Azov was drew its members from two public organizations: Automaidan and Patriot of Ukraine. On May 20, 2014, public recruitment of fighters to the battalion was announced.[3][who?]
According to former Deputy Battalion Commander Ihor Mosiychuk, in early June 2014 the special battalion had 20 foreigners: from Russia, several Scandinavian countries, and one Italian citizen.[4]
Further solemn oaths[edit]
On June 23, 2014, the third company of the Azov Special Battalion swore allegiance to Ukraine on Sophia Square in Kyiv.[5]
On August 17, 2014, in the square near the National Museum of History of Ukraine in Kyiv, recruits of the Azov Battalion from Donetsk, Lviv, Kyiv and other regions took an oath of allegiance to the people of Ukraine and went to the ATO zone to support their compatriots.[6]
Beginning of the battle path[edit]
After its creation, the Azov Battalion trained in the Zaporizhia region near Berdyansk, and patrolled the area around Mariupol.[7][unreliable source?] According to former battalion deputy commander Yaroslav Honchar, the unit began operations in April, when it was involved in various types of reconnaissance operations. However, the battalion began direct participation in hostilities in early May 2014, when it waged several small battles with sabotage groups on the outskirts of Mariupol.[8]
On May 7, hostile fighters fired automatic weapons at a battalion bus near the village of Mangush. The driver was injured. One of the attackers was killed and two others were taken prisoner, including the "Minister of Defense" of "Donetsk People's Republic" Igor Khakimzyanov.[9]
Fighting in Mariupol[edit]
On May 9, Azov Battalion fighters arrived in Mariupol at the request of the Mariupol Police Chief to help liberate the seized police department building.[7][10][11]
The commander of the Donbas Battalion Semen Semenchenko on said on May 22, 2014 that the Azov Battalion was the most capable unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.[12]
On May 23, the Azov Battalion suggested that militants of the Donetsk People's Republic stationed near the Donetsk cities of Shakhtarsk, Torez, and Snizhne remove their illegal checkpoints, lay down their arms, and return to their families. Otherwise, they said, the battalion would be forced to clear all illegally installed checkpoints in the area of these cities.[13] On the same day, the Azov Battalion cleared the executive committee[clarification needed] of the Torez City Council of militants. As a result of the firefight, two representatives of the DNR were killed, and no one was killed or injured by the Azov Battalion.[14][clarification needed]
On May 26, 2014, the Azov Battalion, together with fighters from the Ukraine Battalion, stormed a transshipment base of Donetsk fighters and Russian militants at Oleksandr Yanukovych's dacha in the village of Urzuf. During the assault, some hostile fighters were killed, some were detained, and a large arsenal of small arms and cash was found during a search of the premises.[15]
On May 26, Azov Battalion fighters together with the Ukraine Battalion killed about five fighters, including a sniper, during a reconnaissance operation, and detained three combattants. Also as a result of the operation, part of the hostile fighters' ammunition was destroyed.[16]
On June 12, one of the leaders of the “Donetsk People's Republic”, Oleksandr Fomenko, was detained by battalion soldiers in Mariupol.[17]
plan-scheme of the operation to liberate Mariupol on June 13, 2014,
On June 13, soldiers of the Azov Battalion, with units of the National Guard, Dnipro-1 Battalion, Armed Forces of Ukraine, liberated Mariupol from militants of the “Donetsk People's Republic”. During the operation, four fighters were wounded on the Ukrainian side (one was seriously wounded), and Donetsk lost three killed, 17 wounded and 38 militants taken prisoner.[18]
On June 30, 2014, Azov Battalion fighters detained Igor Guskov, a pro-Russian Cossack centurion from Berdyansk and a close associate of a leaders of the Donbas movement, Igor Girkin.[19]
Starting in July, the unit's fighters conducted operations to block the supply of weapons to hostile fighters in the Donetsk region. Battalion commander Andriy Biletsky, as of July 6 the coast of the Sea of Azov in the Donetsk region was fully controlled by the battalion, checkpoints were set up and some hostile fighters had been detained.[20]
On July 12, 2014, battalion fighter detained one of the Donetsk leaders from Druzhkivka, Vasyl Chernenko, accusing him of organizing terrorist groups and attacking the Ukrainian military.[21]
On July 15, 2014, the battalion's fighters detained one of the leaders of the DNR, Oleksiy Pabushkov, a Greek ally of Andriy Borisov, the leader of the fighting wing of the DNR forces in Mariupol, nicknamed "Chechen."[22]
On July 25, 2014, the battalion's fighters detained a terrorist from the DNR nicknamed "Flag" who was a gunsmith in a local terrorist cell. The detainee was handed over to the SBU for investigation.[23]
Battles for Ilovaisk[edit]
On August 10, 2014, the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the participation of fighters of the "Donbass", "Azov", "Shakhtarsk" and "Right Sector" battalions launched an operation to liberate Ilovaisk and eliminate the Donetsk fighter fortification.[24]
On August 18, the 2nd Platoon of the Azov Battalion, together with units of the Donbass Battalion and a separate company of the Dnipro Battalion, fought hard on the outskirts of Ilovaisk. In the evening, units of the Azov and Dnipro battalions established themselves on the outskirts of the city.[25]
Defense of Mariupol[edit]
At the end of August 2014, a group of Azov spies, which included the core of the "Core", was ambushed by hostile fighters, Several soldiers were killed on the spot, others later ended up in Russian prisons. After some time, hostile fighters called Mykola's relatives and said that Mykola Samofalov - "Kernel" was no more. He is considered missing, the approximate date of death is August 31.[26]
On September 5, together with units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they defended Mariupol in the vicinity of Novoazovsk.[27] On October 12, soldiers of the regiment with soldiers of the Armed Forces neutralized an enemy tank that was shelling Ukrainian military positions. The enemy command, which later arrived in a jeep at the scene, was also eliminated.[28]
In November 2014, the regiment's leadership, together with the Security Service of Ukraine and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, detained a Russian citizen who had tried to join the unit on behalf of the Russian special services and provide information on Azov's activities. He also had instructions and parts to build remote-controlled explosive devices.[29]
National Guard unit[edit]
On September 17, 2014, by order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov, the Azov Battalion was reorganized and expanded into a regiment of the same name. Andriy Biletsky remained the commander of the newly formed regiment[30]
On October 4, Espreso TV reported that Azov soldiers, in cooperation with the Security Service of Ukraine, had detained a deserter - an ensign of the National Guard, who for three months "leaked" data on the movement of Ukrainian troops to the "DPR".[31]
On October 9, the transfer was announced of the Azov Regiment to the National Guard of Ukraine, which was to provide the unit with special staffing and training, form its staff and reserve, and transfer it military equipment.[32] Regiment Commander Andriy Biletsky said that the unit was forming, and included an artillery division, which had already begun to train, and also a regiment and a tank unit.[33]
On November 11, Minister of Internal Affairs Arden Avakov signed an order to transfer the Azov Regiment to the National Guard of Ukraine with further training to the combat standard of the National Guard brigades.[34][35]
On November 28, a reconnaissance group of the Azov Regiment destroyed a terrorist reconnaissance group operating in the vicinity of Mariupol, killing two terrorists and wounding one, and Ukrainian forces retreated without loss due to artillery fire.[36]
Offensive on Shirokino[edit]
On February 10, 2015, the regiment liberated five settlements east of Mariupol: Pavlopol, Kominternove, Berdyanske, Shirking and
On April 18, 2015, Georgy Dzhanelidze was killed in a battle with the occupiers near the village of Shirokine. He was mortally wounded, his body remained in the area where the shooting took place, Russian terrorists did not allow him to be taken away, and later mined. Georgi's body was removed after 10 hours of talks with the OSCE. Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili later said that a Georgian volunteer had killed a Russian instructor before he did kklidied.
On June 18, 2015, on the anniversary of the liberation of Mariupol from pro-Russian separatists, Regiment Commander Andriy Biletsky announced the reorganization of the Azov Regiment into a separate special brigade. The staff of the newly created brigade will be increased to 2.5 thousand troops. The current staff of the regiment does not allow to satisfy the place of all volunteers.[37]
2016 In August 2016, according to some sources at the initiative of Allerov [39], part of the formation was assigned to the protection of checkpoints in Zaporozhye.
2019 During the tournament, for the best artillery calculation involved in the operation of the Joint Forces, which took place from 12 to 14 August, the fighters of a special detachment of special purpose "Azov" NMU won. [40]
On the night of August 29, Azov fighters defeated the DRG in Svitlodarska Duka.
Azov Military Education Institutes[edit]
Yevhen Konovalets Military School[edit]
Read more: Yevhen Konovalets Military School
Yevhen Konovalets Military School is a specialized school for training sergeants. It opened on April 17, 2016, at the training and mobilization base of the Azov Regiment, located on the site of the former ATEK plant in Kyiv [42] Part of the training was also held at the bases of the Azov Regiment in eastern Ukraine.
The founder and head of the school is Giorgi Kuparashvili, a former Georgian special forces commander who has repeatedly participated in hostilities. The instructors of the school are officers of the Georgian army, most of whom received officer training in the United States under the "green beret" program. The training is conducted according to NATO standards with enhanced physical and psychological training. Georgian, American and Estonian experiences are also involved. Cadets receive training in tactics, topography, psychological training and work with the media [43]
The first cohort included 50 soldiers from the Azov Regiment. After four months of training, 25 graduates received certificates of sergeants, which were presented to them on September 29, 2016, on the site of the museum "Kyiv Fortress" [44]
Chevron of the partisan detachment "Black Corps" , which became the personnel base of the battalion, and later the "Azov” Regiment.
Cornet school named after Lieutenant Colonel Mykola Stsiborsky[edit]
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Details: Mykola Stsiborsky Cornet School
Khorunzha School named after Lieutenant Colonel Mykola Stsiborsky is a specialized school to training non-commissioned officers. Opened on November 20, 2017, on the basis of the AZOV regiment (Mariupol). It was planned to start the direction of training in working with personnel, training of ideologues.
The cadets included persons who are in the position of deputy commander of individual units of the company level. All teachers have a degree. Involved teachers from the Dnieper universities were preparing a program to reform the work with personnel in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. However, the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine rejected this idea.
The training should last 33 days. During the school day, students can listen to 5 lecture or seminar pairs, in addition, there will be classes on physical education (hand-to-hand, knife fighting) and fire training. Disciplines of applied orientation (military psychology, military pedagogy, rhetoric), ideological and purely military subjects are also taught.
Upon completion of the course, graduates received a diploma, and their departments - banners, awards and special badges. Therefore, each unit would have its own battle flag and a person who would be responsible for it. [45]
The first issue took place on December 22, 2017. [46]
Participation in civilian life[edit]
On September 29, 2014, an ambiguous statement was issued by the OSCE Mission to lead the Azov Regiment's riots during the demolition of a monument in Kharkiv.
Participation in politics[edit]
In September 2016, Andriy Biletsky announced the creation of a new political party on the Day of the Intercession. On October 14, 2016, the National Corps political party was founded. The Azov Regiment, as a unit of the National Guard, does not participate in politics, but is closely associated with the Azov Civil Corps and the National Squads, which include former Azov fighters and volunteers. Due to the close ties with the activities of the political party and the international activities of some veterans and current members of Azov, the Bellingcat investigative team accused it of systematically recruiting American far-right extremists since 2015, promoting its own international agenda, and liaising with the US far-right Atomwaffen Division, Rise Above Movement. [49] National Corps Speaker Roman Chernyshov commented on the situation, saying that Bellingcat was a "set of horror stories, clichés and stereotypes." According to him, journalists are trying to "denigrate the Azov movement" by mixing in the publication the Azov Regiment and the National Corps. [50]
Accusations of neo-Nazism[edit]
From the first months of Azov's existence, some media (especially Russian) and researchers have accused it of neo-Nazi ideology. [51] [52] [53] [53] [54] [55] In particular, they pointed to the use of the "Azov" neo-Nazi occult symbol "black sun" [56]
Researchers of modern far-right movements in Ukraine such as Andreas Umland, Vyacheslav Likhachev, and Anton Shekhovtsov argued that the Social National Assembly and the Patriot of Ukraine group, which largely formed the basis of Azov in 2014, were neo-Nazi. [57] [58 ] [51] According to Likhachev and Shekhovtsov, the name "Black Corps" is a reference to the official SS newspaper Das Schwarze Korps [ 59] [51] Shekhovtsov also pointed out that Azov includes members of the international neo-Nazi movement Misanthropic Division [de] who claimed that their "black squadrons were fighting in the ranks of the pagan battalion" Azov "against the remnants of modern society - Khachs, Communists, Liberals, Asians and other undermen."
Andreas Umland pointed out that neo-Nazis from Russia - Roman Zheleznov, Alexei Kozhemyakin and Alexander Parinov - fought in the Azov. The latter was previously linked to "one of Putin's most notorious neo-Nazi groups," the Fighting Organization of Russian Nationalists (BORN). According to Umland, "Azov" is "one of the most problematic and unusual of the new armed forces of Ukraine," "the leadership of the regiment before its creation most demonstratively and unequivocally declared its own biological racism." In particular, Andriy Biletsky stated that "the treatment of our National organism must begin with the Racial Purification of the Nation", [60] and Oleg Odnorozhenkosaid that "the intelligent man (Homo sapiens), in the biological sense, we consider only the White European Man." According to Umland, members of the SNA on Maidan repeatedly attacked people with "non-Slavic" appearances. At the same time, Andriy Biletsky stated in 2014 that “We did not back down. Everything that is in the soul of "Azov" - comes from its right ideology, the legacy of the "Patriot of Ukraine".[57]
In 2014, Vyacheslav Likhachev claimed that people with neo-Nazi views were a minority in the battalion, and he was even aware of cases where people with "leftist , anti-fascist views" went to fight in Azov. At the same time, in 2018, he stated that, according to his information, Azov was undergoing a systematic ideological indoctrination of fighters, and there were cases when eighteen -year-old apolitical boys became conscious neo-Nazis in six months.
The Azov Regiment itself usually denies ties to neo-Nazism. At the same time, in a 2015 interview with USA Today, the regiment's representative, Andriy Dyachenko stated that "only 10-20%" of the regiment's soldiers are neo- Nazis.
Ukrainian journalist, blogger and public figure Olena Bilozerska, visiting Azov, said: [63]
The Patriot of Ukraine and the SNA form the backbone of Azov, but not all of the battalion's fighters are nationalists. People with more moderate views are not embarrassed by the neighborhood of guys with tattooed runes and inscriptions such as "100% racist". The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov commented on the issue of radical right-wing ideology professed by the majority of Azov fighters [64] :
Yes, most of the guys present in the Azov Battalion have their own perception of the world. But who told you that you can judge them? Don't forget what the Azov Battalion has done for the country. I spent many hours talking to Azov fighters. There is no Nazism or swastika there.
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