A video shared by Nationwide Guard of Ukraine exhibits Azov fighters dipping bullets for use in opposition to Muslim Chechen fighters in pig fats.
The Nationwide Guard of Ukraine has shared a video on its Twitter account that seems to indicate Azov fighters greasing bullets with pig fats, ostensibly for use in opposition to in opposition to Muslim Chechens deployed to their nation as Russia steps up its navy assault on Ukraine.
Azov, a far-right all-volunteer infantry navy unit, are ultra-nationalists who’re accused of harbouring neo-Nazi and white supremacist ideology. They first fought alongside the Ukrainian military within the east of the nation in 2014 in opposition to pro-Russia separatists and have since been integrated into the common armed forces.
Within the video, which couldn’t be independently verified by Al Jazeera, a person who’s purportedly a member of the Azov fighters is seen dipping bullets into what seems to be pig fats as he addresses the Chechen fighters.
He says: “Expensive Muslim brothers. In our nation, you’ll not go to heaven. You’ll not be allowed into heaven. Go house, please. Right here, you’ll encounter hassle. Thanks in your consideration, goodbye.”
Azov fighters of the Nationwide Guard greased the bullets with lard in opposition to the Kadyrov orcs👊
Бійці Азова Нацгвардії змастили кулі салом проти кадировських орків👊
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Regardless of being built-in into the official navy, Azov fighters have reportedly continued to put on the Wolfsangel insignia utilized by a lot of Nazi divisions throughout WWII.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has referenced the presence of such models throughout the Ukrainian navy as a cause for launching his so-called “particular navy operation … to de-militarise and de-Nazify Ukraine”.
The Russian navy in a press briefing has additionally claimed that “Nazi Battalions” kind a big a part of the resistance to their offensive.
On Saturday, Ramzan Kadyrov, the chief of Russia’s Chechnya area and a Putin ally, mentioned that Chechen fighters had been deployed in Ukraine and urged Ukrainians to overthrow their authorities.
A brief video revealed by the state-backed Russian information channel RT, which it mentioned was from Friday, confirmed 1000’s of Chechen fighters gathered in the primary sq. of the area’s capital Grozny in a present of readiness to struggle in Ukraine.
Kadyrov has typically described himself as Putin’s “foot soldier” – Chechen forces have beforehand been deployed in Syria and Georgia – and his phrases echoed these of the Russian chief who on Friday urged Ukrainians to stand up in opposition to their very own authorities, which he mentioned was made up of “neo-Nazis”. Ukrainian officers strongly reject that description.
