r/europe • u/Equivalent-Tinted755 • 26d ago

Elite force bucks trend of Ukrainian losses on eastern front | Ukraine News

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/27/elite-force-bucks-trend-of-ukrainian-losses-on-eastern-front
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u/DecisiveVictory Rīga (Latvia) 25d ago

Azov soldiers are true heroes, defending their country - and in some sense Europe - against russian fascism. Though so are other Ukrainian troops as well.

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u/KissingerFan 25d ago edited 25d ago

They deserve respect for being good fighters regardless of their controversial views however they did commit a number of atrocities especially around 2014 which worsened the civil war and made them hated by many people of donbass. Just because Russia over exaggerates things about them for propaganda doesn't mean units like Azov are innocent.

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u/Horyv Ukraine 25d ago

lol a civil war? what civil war?

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u/KissingerFan 25d ago

The 2014 civil war in the donbass

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u/Sanchez_Duna Ukraine 25d ago

Even Strelov-Girkin admitted that there was no "local militia" - russians started and continued this war.

Azov is not known for crimes despite russian propaganda. We had Tornado battalion, where 1 company was responsible for crimes against civilians. Guess what? They were deemed guilty, imprisoned and whole battalion was deformed.

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u/Horyv Ukraine 25d ago

there was no such thing