Before mainstream media began to obfuscate the role of the Azov Batallion in the country of Ukraine, The Guardian produced a short documentary on one of the group’s youth camps.
Instead of watering down the openly fascist group’s ideology and influence, the pre-Ukraine/Russia war footage exposes the true nature of the Azov Brigade.
At the beginning of the 2017 video, a teenage Ukrainian boy named Anton who is preparing to attend an Azov camp describes being worried about some of the swastika tattoos or other “fascist” and “pagan” symbols promoted by the group.
“I will be killed there,” he tells his mother.
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The boy continues to note that Azov members are known to “beat people” at “gay pride” events before saying he still thinks the neo-Nazi soldiers “are normal people.”
At one point narrator for the Guardian production provides a brief background of how Azov fought in the 2014 Western-backed coup against a then-Russia-friendly government.
An Azov fighter working at the youth camp tells the camera the neo-Nazi group “has transformed into a Ukrainian movement,” adding, “Now it’s a political movement.”
Some of the Azov members are filmed watching a Russian news report comparing the camps to the Hitler Youth program of Nazi Germany.
Responding to the accusation, an Azov soldier admits, “There are some people who have these beliefs,” before noting, “I have tattoos of things that I like.”
Not all of the man’s tattoos are visible, but there is a sonnenrad on his elbow.
According to the ADL, “The sonnenrad is an ancient Indo-European symbol appropriated by Nazi Germany, which has led modern day white supremacists to use it as a hate symbol.”
While the individual being interviewed claims those with “SS” and “swastika” tattoos don’t teach the children, plenty of neo-Nazi ink is seen in the footage.
In the years since the mini-documentary was released, the Azov camps have expanded to host thousands of teens across Ukraine.
Alex Jones covers the Azov fighters in a 2018 show segment.
source https://www.infowars.com/posts/2017-guardian-mini-doc-exposed-ukraines-neo-nazi-azov-youth-camps
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