Comments by "אלי כהן" (@Kohen124) on "Ukraine war: Crimea naval base attack, Kyiv 'dominates' frontline, Russia hits Kherson church" video.
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Albin-my5co
Now the slogan, with which its origin is far from being attributed to Nazism, bad luck boy, you should study the history books more and not Russian propaganda atrophy brains.
Origins
Ukrainian historians argue that the greeting has its roots in Taras Shevchenko’s works.[5] In his 1840 poem To Osnovianenko Shevchenko used phrase "Glory of Ukraine":[6][7]
Our thought, our song
Will not die, will not perish…
Oh there, people, is our glory,
Glory of Ukraine!
Records of the 15 March 1917 Rada "in support of a democratic and independent Ukraine", from the journal "Nowa Rada". The phrase Glory to Ukraine is underlined.
The first known the use of the phrase "Glory to Ukraine!" as a greeting with the response "Glory all around the world!" (Ukrainian: По всій землі слава, Po vsiy zemli slava) occurred within the Ukrainian student community of the late 19th to early 20th centuries in Kharkiv.[1][7]
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Albin-my5co
It was a pleasure to educate you consumer of Russian propaganda.
Far-right elements
The Wagner Group has been linked to far-right extremism, including white supremacy and neo-Nazism.[66][107][67][108][109] Some founding members of Wagner belong to the far-right ultranationalist Russian Imperial Movement.[108] Wagner's first commander, Dmitry Utkin,[110] is reportedly a neo-Nazi and has several Nazi tattoos,[111][112][107][109] to have greeted subordinates by saying “Heil!”, to have worn a Wehrmacht field cap around the unit’s training grounds, and to have occasionally signed his name with the two lightning bolt insignia of the Nazi S.S.[110]
The name "Wagner" itself comes from Utkin's own call sign "Wagner". He is said to have chosen the name in honor of German composer Richard Wagner, because Adolf Hitler admired his music.[113][107] Members of Wagner Group say Utkin is a Rodnover, a follower of Slavic native faith.[114] A Wagner sub-group, "Rusich", was founded by self-proclaimed neo-Nazi Alexey Milchakov and is open about its far-right ideology.[115][116][117][118] Wagner members have also left neo-Nazi graffiti on the battlefield,[67][119] such as swastikas and the SS emblem.[108][109]
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Albin-my5co
I read carefully.
NewsWorldRussia
Wagner boss openly challenges Kremlin narrative on Ukraine
Yevgueni Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner group and an uncomfortable figure for the Kremlin
By Joshua Askew & Euronews
Published 03/25/2023 - 17:25
Yevgueni Prigozhin doubts that the war that Russia is waging in Ukraine has to do with the alleged threat from NATO, and he also questions that, as Moscow says, they are fighting to "denazify Ukraine".
The head of the notorious Wagner mercenary force, Yevgeny Prigozhin, continues to wage his personal battle against the Kremlin. The latest "shot" from him, and according to reports from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has been to openly contradict key aspects of the Kremlin's narrative on the Ukrainian war. Without going any further, Prigozhin would have denied that Russia is fighting against NATO, also questioning whether there are Nazis in Ukraine.
The Kremlin has repeatedly justified the invasion of its neighbor as "necessary" in order to purge Kiev of neo-Nazis, who threaten Russia's peace and security, despite little evidence of this. At the same time, they have not hesitated to present the war as an existential fight against NATO, which according to them is getting too close to Russia's borders.
Prigozhin, as reported by the ISW, would have assured that Moscow is fighting "exclusively against Ukrainians", equipped with material provided by NATO and against some "Russophobic" mercenaries who voluntarily support Ukraine. But in no case against NATO itself.
Likewise, Wagner's leader would have expressed his doubts about the objectives of "denazification" in Ukraine, showing his doubts about the presence of Nazis in the country. He also reportedly "rejected out of hand" the Kremlin's long-standing claims that Russia needs to defend itself against a NATO threat. "It is ridiculous to think that Russian officials did not know that NATO would come to the aid of kyiv," Prigozhin was quoted as saying by the ISW.
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Azov was initially formed as a volunteer militia in May 2014. [ 23 ] In 2015, the Ukrainian government decided to convert all battalions to volunteers, both the Territorial Defense Battalions associated with the armed forces and the Special Tasks Patrol Police. of the Ministry of Internal Affairs , in regular units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard , respectively. Azov is one of the latter. The Ukrainian government also opted to deploy only volunteer units to the Donbass front , promising that conscripts would not be sent into combat.
In January 2015, the Azov Regiment officially became a regiment and its structures took a final form. A mobilization center and training center were established in Kiev , in the former "ATEK" industrial complex for selection and examination. The staff, made up of volunteers from all over Ukraine, had to go through a selection and verification process, quite similar to the army's mobilization procedures. [ 187 ] Recruits were then assigned to regimental combat units, or support and supply units, where they undergo intensive combat exercise training. Explosive Ordnance Reconnaissance and Elimination Units(EOD) were considered Azov's elite and comprised of the most experienced personnel (usually ex-Ukrainian army special forces or similar). [ 187 ]
In February 2023, acting Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko announced that Azov would be expanded from its regimental status as one of eight assault brigades of the new Offensive Guard Corps. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 188 ] The Offensive Guard will be a volunteer formation of eight assault infantry brigades, six from the National Guard (all five are part of the GNU brigades), one from the National Guard Border and one under the National Police , scheduled to be fully active in April 2023. [ 189 ]
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In 2017, according to Foreign Affairs magazine , "After the merger [with the National Guard], the government's first act was to root out two groups within Azov, foreign fighters and neo-Nazis, by vetting the group's members with background checks, observations during training, and a law requiring all fighters to accept Ukrainian citizenship.Fighters who failed this assessment were offered the opportunity to join the Civilian Volunteer Corps to assist in the war effort; this corps helped police, shoveled snow (a crucial task in Ukraine), and even worked at public radio." [ 70 ] According to ReutersAt the time, the unit worked to depoliticize itself: its far- right leadership left and founded the National Corps political party , which works with its partner activist organization, the Azov Civilian Corps. The Patriot of Ukraine website was closed or placed under restricted access. [ 71 ]
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Do you know Yevgeny Prigozhin? Read how he denies Putin in public, and you of course.
Wagner boss openly challenges Kremlin narrative on Ukraine
Yevgueni Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner group and an uncomfortable figure for the Kremlin
By Joshua Askew & Euronews
Published 03/25/2023 - 17:25
Yevgueni Prigozhin doubts that the war that Russia is waging in Ukraine has to do with the alleged threat from NATO, and he also questions that, as Moscow says, they are fighting to "denazify Ukraine".
The head of the notorious Wagner mercenary force, Yevgeny Prigozhin, continues to wage his personal battle against the Kremlin. The latest "shot" from him, and according to reports from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has been to openly contradict key aspects of the Kremlin's narrative on the Ukrainian war. Without going any further, Prigozhin would have denied that Russia is fighting against NATO, also questioning whether there are Nazis in Ukraine.
The Kremlin has repeatedly justified the invasion of its neighbor as "necessary" in order to purge Kiev of neo-Nazis, who threaten Russia's peace and security, despite little evidence of this. At the same time, they have not hesitated to present the war as an existential fight against NATO, which according to them is getting too close to Russia's borders.
Prigozhin, as reported by the ISW, would have assured that Moscow is fighting "exclusively against Ukrainians", equipped with material provided by NATO and against some "Russophobic" mercenaries who voluntarily support Ukraine. But in no case against NATO itself.
Likewise, Wagner's leader would have expressed his doubts about the objectives of "denazification" in Ukraine, showing his doubts about the presence of Nazis in the country. He also reportedly "rejected out of hand" the Kremlin's long-standing claims that Russia needs to defend itself against a NATO threat. "It is ridiculous to think that Russian officials did not know that NATO would come to the aid of kyiv," Prigozhin was quoted as saying by the ISW.
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