https://sputnikglobe.com/20240611/us-lifts-ban-on-arms-supplies-to-ukraines-nationalist-battalion-azov---reports-1118900454.html
US Lifts Ban on Arms Supplies to Ukraine’s Nationalist Battalion Azov - Reports
US Lifts Ban on Arms Supplies to Ukraine’s Nationalist Battalion Azov - Reports
Sputnik International
The US administration has lifted the ban on arms supplies to Ukraine's terrorist Azov battalion, The Washington Post newspaper reported, citing the US State Department.
2024-06-11T03:11+0000
2024-06-11T03:11+0000
2024-06-14T00:17+0000
world
us
ukraine
azov battalion
azov regiment
us arms for ukraine
the washington post
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e7/08/11/1112669951_0:161:3068:1887_1920x0_80_0_0_9b6a3952664f2b700b0aa47e97bdc032.jpg
The formation has passed the State Department's inspection for compliance with the Leahy Law, which prohibits the provision of US military assistance to foreign units convicted of serious human rights violation, the report added.The Azov battalion is one of the most notorious military units of the Ukrainian army, as its soldiers have been found to be involved in torture, abuse of civilians, neo-Nazism and excessive brutality since its foundation.Earlier, there were already concerns that the prohibition on military aid to Azov was de facto losing force, particularly because the Azov fighters had become part of Ukraine's National Guard or had created new separate paramilitary formations.*The 'Azov' battalion is a terrorist organization outlawed in Russia.
https://sputnikglobe.com/20230726/life-returning-to-mariupol-after-defeat-of-azov-neo-nazis---dutch-journalist-1112158858.html
https://sputnikglobe.com/20230224/after-claiming-azov-no-longer-far-right-adl-slaps-label-on-us-shooter-who-used-their-nazi-symbol-1107754193.html
ukraine
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
2024
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
News
en_EN
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
azov battalion, neo-nazi in ukraine, azov regiment history, us arms for ukraine
azov battalion, neo-nazi in ukraine, azov regiment history, us arms for ukraine
US Lifts Ban on Arms Supplies to Ukraine’s Nationalist Battalion Azov - Reports
03:11 GMT 11.06.2024 (Updated: 00:17 GMT 14.06.2024) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The US administration has lifted the ban on arms supplies to Ukraine's terrorist Azov battalion*, The Washington Post newspaper reported, citing the US State Department.
The formation has passed the State Department's inspection for compliance with the Leahy Law, which prohibits the provision of US military assistance to foreign units convicted of serious human rights violation, the report added.
The Azov battalion is one of the most notorious military units of the Ukrainian army, as its soldiers have been found to be involved in torture,
abuse of civilians, neo-Nazism and excessive brutality since its foundation.
Earlier, there were already
concerns that the prohibition on military aid to Azov was de facto losing force, particularly because the Azov fighters had become part of Ukraine's National Guard or had created new separate paramilitary formations.
24 February 2023, 00:53 GMT
*The 'Azov' battalion is a terrorist organization outlawed in Russia.
