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Kirill Budanov violated the language laws while visiting an alleged torture chamber run by the neo-Nazi Azov group, Elena Ivanovskaya says Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s top aide, Kirill Budanov, will be fined after admitting that he spoke Russian during protests in front of an alleged black site where neo-Nazi Azov militants purportedly tortured dozens of soldiers, language ombudsman Elena Ivanovskaya has said. In a Facebook post on Saturday, Ivanovskaya said the violation was recorded during Budanov’s visit to Petropavlovskaya Borshchagovka outside Kiev earlier this week, where a protest erupted around a temporary National Guard facility linked to the 1st Azov Corps. Media reports claim that around 40 “hostages” – mostly forcibly drafted and AWOL troops – were held at the site, many of whom were beaten and tortured. Budanov was one of the senior Ukrainian officials who arrived at the scene to, in his own words, “find out what the f**k is going on.” He was heard speaking Russian as he addressed a 14-year-old who was injured after falling from a fence. Read more Ukraine’s neo-Nazi conscription ‘torture chamber’: How the shocking

Thousands of people are held in secret facilities across the country and forced to pay up to $15,000 for their release, Ukrainian lawmaker Aleksandr Dubinsky has claimed The Kiev regime is making around $7 billion a year from a network of secret detention and torture facilities, where civilians and mobilized men are reportedly held for ransom, Ukrainian MP Aleksandr Dubinsky has claimed. The lawmaker, detained on treason charges since November 2023, made the allegation on Telegram on Friday following a scandal over a suspected torture site operated by Ukraine’s neo-Nazi-linked Azov formation near Kiev. Citing figures from a joint briefing by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU), State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and National Police, Dubinsky claimed that more than 1,000 such facilities operate across Ukraine, each holding 30 to 40 people. With an estimated 40,000 detainees and an alleged average ransom of $15,000, he calculated that the network could generate $600 million a month, or $7.2 billion annually, assuming the same number of people paid for release each month. “$7.2 billion a year – that’s the math behind the profits of [Vladimir] Zelensky&rsquo

This week we also looked at the power struggle playing out in Poland, and the factional warfare consuming Kiev The midterm wipeout Read more The midterm blue wave just made 2028 a lot more interesting American voters delivered a stunning rebuke to President Donald Trump in Tuesday’s midterm elections, handing Democrats a ten-seat lead advantage in the Senate and their largest House majority since the Clinton years. In its pre-election guide, RT warned that Iran and Israel would play an outsized role on election day, and all but the most rabid Washington neocons now accept that the war on Iran, record fuel prices, and Trump’s obsequious relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu drove voters into the arms of the Democratic Party. Trump paid a heavy price for giving Netanyahu the war he wanted, but it’s not just us making that case. In his own post-mortem, US Vice President J.D. Vance admitted that Republicans failed to give voters what they wanted: “1) End the war; 2) Focus on cost of living/inflation; 3) Put America First; 4) Change our relationship to Israel.” The dust is still settling in Washington, and on Wall Street, where technology stocks have plummet

MP Anna Skorokhod says she saw bruises on four hospitalized servicemen who reported abuse at an Azov-run facility A Ukrainian lawmaker has acknowledged evidence of beatings at a suspected military torture site operated by the notorious neo-Nazi-linked Azov unit. Allegations of abuse at the facility prompted relatives and activists to gather outside the building on Monday. Police cracked down on the protesters, while four injured servicemen were taken to a hospital. MP Anna Skorokhod, who inspected the building during the protests, later interviewed the four hospitalized servicemen. She said all four had reported being beaten and that she had personally observed bruises and hematomas on their bodies. Another serviceman told the MP that two members of the military unit demanded money from him. Skorokhod also questioned why he had been held at the facility for over a month. “I have no answer as to what he was doing there for 37 days or why he was being held there at all,” she said. Read more Kiev cracks down on protesters who exposed Azov ‘torture chamber’ The facility, housed in a private residence, is operated by a unit of the neo-Nazi-linked Azov Corps within Ukraine&rs

The elderly eyewitness was targeted by military recruiters after he filmed them forcibly detaining another man An elderly man on crutches was harassed by Ukrainian military recruiters after he filmed them forcibly detaining another person, according to videos circulating online. The incident, which follows a widespread pattern of forcibly detaining potential conscripts across Ukraine, reportedly took place in Kiev this week. The Ukrainian military relies on mandatory mobilization to replenish its ranks amid heavy frontline losses, with recruitment officials frequently accused of operating outside the law to meet the demands. Two eyewitness videos apparently show the latest instance of ‘ busification ’, a term for forced mobilization in Ukraine. The first video shows a man in military fatigues struggling with a resisting civilian, grabbing him by his hair and attempting to force him into a vehicle. Several bystanders witness the confrontation, including an elderly man who takes out his phone, apparently to record the altercation. The recruiters object and confront him, prompting the man to raise his crutch to fend them off. The second video shows the elderly man lying on

The Azov detention scandal raises questions about forced recruitment and the limits of Kiev’s authority Clashes outside a secret prison in Petropavlovskaya Borshchagovka, a suburb of Kiev, revealed the dark side of modern Ukraine: its well-established system of abduction, torture, and human trafficking. This system is beyond the control of the Kiev authorities and of law enforcement; it has become a self-sustaining sector of the economy. While everyone is aware of its existence, many choose to remain silent, fearing they might become its next victims. What happened? Let’s briefly recap the events. On the evening of November 1, reports appeared on social media that people were being illegally held in the basement of a private house in Petropavlovskaya Borshchagovka, near Kiev. Apparently, a few local youths managed to climb over the fence and deliver a phone into the basement, allowing the captives to record a message. The message revealed that there were dozens of people in the basement (various reports mentioned from 17 to 40 people) with four in critical condition, and one with a broken spine. The following day, November 2, a crowd of relatives and concerned citizens gather

The Azov detention scandal raises questions about forced recruitment and the limits of Kiev’s authority. Clashes outside a secret prison in Petropavlovskaya Borshchagovka, a suburb of Kiev, revealed the dark side of modern Ukraine: its well-established system of abduction, torture, and human trafficking. This system is beyond the control of the Kiev authorities and of law enforcement; it has become a self-sustaining sector of the economy. While everyone is aware of its existence, many choose to remain silent, fearing they might become its next victims. What happened? Let’s briefly recap the events. On the evening of November 1, reports appeared on social media that people were being illegally held in the basement of a private house in Petropavlovskaya Borshchagovka, near Kiev. Apparently, a few local youths managed to climb over the fence and deliver a phone into the basement, allowing the captives to record a message. The message revealed that there were dozens of people in the basement (various reports mentioned from 17 to 40 people) with four in critical condition, and one with a broken spine. The following day, November 2, a crowd of relatives and concerned citizens gathe

Ukrainian secret services have issued around 130 warrants for people who allegedly confronted conscription holding center guards near the capital The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is seeking to identify and prosecute the protesters who exposed a suspected military torture site near Kiev. Footage of helpless detainees in the center, run by the neo-Nazi linked Azov unit, has caused outrage across Ukraine. No cases have been launched against the guardsmen who ran the facility. Reports circulated on Monday that servicemen were being abused in a private house in Petropavlovskaya Borshchagovka, outside Kiev. The Azov unit acknowledged operating the site but denied torturing inmates. A riot ensued outside the center before medics and the public were allowed access, revealing brutal conditions and visibly abused detainees. The National Police announced Thursday that it had worked with the SBU to identify around 130 people, 27 of whom “actively took part in illegal action,” while another 24 “behaved aggressively” and incited confrontations with National Guard personnel. Authorities have detained medic Valentina Molodaya, who took part in the intervention, and Tat

The notorious neo-Nazi-linked unit has admitted to holding at least 26 men inside a house outside of Kiev A Ukrainian court has ordered pretrial arrest without bail for the woman who raised allegations of torture at a facility in Kiev operated by the notorious neo-Nazi-linked Azov unit. The scandal erupted on Monday after allegations emerged that dozens of men were being beaten and held for ransom at a private house outside Kiev. Furious relatives and local residents gathered outside the property, leading to clashes with the authorities. Valentina Molodaya arrived at the house in an ambulance and livestreamed herself pleading to be allowed inside to examine men she claimed were being held there in appalling conditions. At a pretrial hearing on Wednesday, Kiev’s Solomiansky District Court ordered Molodaya held for 60 days without bail. She is suspected of obstructing military activities, disclosing military locations and organizing mass unrest. Molodaya denied accusations of organizing unrest and claimed that she is a medic who came to the house after being tipped off about a man who had allegedly been taken from hospital after surgery and beaten while held at the property. Re

A confrontation outside a military facility near Kiev has exposed abuse allegations and brought renewed scrutiny of Ukraine’s recruitment and detention system A private house outside Kiev has become the center of a scandal over an alleged torture chamber run by a unit of Ukraine’s notorious neo-Nazi-linked Azov formation. Accusations that men were being beaten and held for money brought furious relatives to its gates while senior officials scrambled to respond. The confrontation has exposed a darker side to Kiev’s military recruitment system, already notorious for men being dragged off the streets. It has also revived questions about secret detention and torture facilities documented in Ukraine long before the latest scandal. Who was being held, how did they get there, and what have their military superiors admitted? Here is what we know. What happened outside Kiev? The scandal erupted on Monday in Petropavlovskaya Borshchagovka, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital, after ambulance personnel reported being denied access to someone needing medical assistance. Reports spread that armed men were holding dozens of people in the basement, prompting relatives and residents to g

Claims of torture at a National Guard facility near Kiev have sparked accusations that the abuse extends far beyond one basement A small village outside Kiev, home to a few thousand people. An ordinary-looking house behind solid gates flanked by brick pillars. But no one could call what went on inside that house ordinary. A woman in a red medical jacket kneels in the street. A police officer in a bulletproof vest stands before her. Her outstretched hand trembles as she holds up a phone, its screen facing him. A video sent to her from the basement of the house is playing. A man’s face fills the screen: bruises under both eyes, his forehead stained yellow and green, like tea spilled across an old photograph. Filming himself, he speaks Russian in a low, steady voice that seems drained of any hope of rescue: “My stomach hurts really badly. I have chills.” Officials insisted there was no one behind the gates. Well, almost no one – just one soldier who had gone AWOL. No need for a hospital; they could take care of him themselves. Police swore there were no hostages and no victims. Read more Ukraine’s neo-Nazi conscription ‘torture chamber’: How the shocking scanda

Claims of torture at a National Guard facility near Kiev have sparked accusations that the abuse extends far beyond one basement A small village outside Kiev, home to a few thousand people. An ordinary-looking house behind solid gates flanked by brick pillars. But no one could call what went on inside that house ordinary. A woman in a red medical jacket kneels in the street. A police officer in a bulletproof vest stands before her. Her outstretched hand trembles as she holds up a phone, its screen facing him. A video sent to her from the basement of the house is playing. A man’s face fills the screen: bruises under both eyes, his forehead stained yellow and green, like tea spilled across an old photograph. Filming himself, he speaks Russian in a low, steady voice that seems drained of any hope of rescue: “My stomach hurts really badly. I have chills.” Officials insisted there was no one behind the gates. Well, almost no one – just one soldier who had gone AWOL. No need for a hospital; they could take care of him themselves. Police swore there were no hostages and no victims. Read more Ukraine’s neo-Nazi conscription ‘torture chamber’: How the shocking scanda

A scandal near Kiev has exposed forced conscription, extortion and torture – now watch Western backers look the other way In Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, a fresh scandal has erupted. And while the Zelensky regime has a long and imposing record of spectacular misdeeds, this one has a quality all of its own. For what has happened in the town of Petropavlovskaya Borshchagovka , effectively a suburb of the capital, brings together several of the most cruel, venal, and unscrupulous practices of EU-NATO Europe’s favorite gangster regime: mass kidnapping its subjects as military slaves for a Western proxy war against Russia, turning the same operation into a vicious extortion scheme, and using brutal violence – including torture and murder – to make it all go round. In essence, local people rebelled against all of the above by laying siege to a below-the-radar holding pen for men caught in ‘busification’ raids and those trying to escape the meat grinder war by going AWOL. ‘Busification’ is of course the well-known practice of the Ukrainian establishment and its goon forces of dragging men – often with extreme violence – off the street

A scandal near Kiev has exposed forced conscription, extortion and torture – now watch Western backers look the other way In Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, a new scandal has erupted. And while the Zelensky regime has a long and imposing record of spectacular misdeeds, this one has a quality all of its own. For what has happened in the town of Petropavlovskaya Borshchagovka , effectively a suburb of the capital, brings together several of the most cruel, venal, and unscrupulous practices of EU-NATO Europe’s favorite gangster regime: mass kidnapping its subjects as military slaves for a Western proxy war against Russia, turning the same operation into a vicious extortion scheme, and using brutal violence – including torture and murder – to make it all go round. In essence, local people rebelled against all of the above by laying siege to a below-the-radar holding pen for men caught in ‘busification’ raids and those trying to escape the meat grinder war by going AWOL. ‘Busification’ is of course the well-known practice of the Ukrainian establishment and its goon forces of dragging men – often with extreme violence – off the streets

A scandal near Kiev has exposed forced conscription, extortion and torture – now watch Western backers look the other way In Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, a fresh scandal has erupted. And while the Zelensky regime has a long and imposing record of spectacular misdeeds, this one has a quality all of its own. For what has happened in the town of Petropavlovskaya Borshchagovka , effectively a suburb of the capital, brings together several of the most cruel, venal, and unscrupulous practices of EU-NATO Europe’s favorite gangster regime: mass kidnapping its subjects as military slaves for a Western proxy war against Russia, turning the same operation into a vicious extortion scheme, and using brutal violence – including torture and murder – to make it all go round. In essence, local people rebelled against all of the above by laying siege to a below-the-radar holding pen for men caught in ‘busification’ raids and those trying to escape the meat grinder war by going AWOL. ‘Busification’ is of course the well-known practice of the Ukrainian establishment and its goon forces of dragging men – often with extreme violence – off the street

Civilizational cohesion is the country’s real strength: weaken the bond among peoples, and the state becomes easier to fracture and destroy When President Vladimir Putin says that outside forces have always tried to weaken Russia, split its society, cut down its strategic potential, or break the country apart, he is not just talking about the geopolitical conflict of today. Putin’s remarks, made during an address to the Presidential Council on Interethnic Relations, refer to a very old pattern. Russia’s multinational character has always been a target for its adversaries. That’s because Russia’s diversity is one of its greatest strengths. The unique historical path of Russia lies precisely in its ability to unite peoples across vast spaces, cultures, and religions into a single civilizational whole. Unlike the standard Western caricature of empire, Russia was never simply a machine for extracting wealth from distant colonies and ruling over them with contempt. Its historical form has always been more complex and, in many ways, more integrative. Different peoples entered a shared political and cultural space that, despite all contradictions and tragedies, gav

Vladimir Zelensky’s top aide apparently reverted to Russian during the tense confrontation Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has questioned Kiev’s enforcement of mandatory Ukrainian-language rules for officials after Vladimir Zelensky’s top aide was filmed speaking Russian while trying to defuse a riot over a suspected “torture chamber” site. Kirill Budanov, the head of Zelensky’s office, was filmed on Monday evening speaking Russian during a confrontation sparked by shocking revelations about a black site operated by the neo-Nazi-linked Azov unit, which is part of Ukraine’s National Guard. Several other people at the scene also spoke Russian, including a distressed teenager who was escorted out of the facility, the exact purpose of which remains disputed. In a social media post on Tuesday, Zakharova asked Ukrainian language commissioner Elena Ivanovskaya whether she intended to fine Budanov, the teenager and the media outlets that broadcast their exchange. Read more Ukraine’s neo-Nazi conscription ‘torture chamber’: How the shocking scandal unfolded overnight (VIDEOS) Budanov did speak Ukrainian when addressing reporters durin

People in the hotbed city of Lviv have marked the 108th anniversary of the November Uprising against Polish control Hundreds of far-right activists have marched through the city of Lviv in western Ukraine, carrying lit torches and a portrait of World War II-era nationalist leader and Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera. The rally took place amid heightened tensions between Ukraine and Poland over Kiev’s glorification of its nationalist icons, whom Warsaw blames for the ethnic cleansing of up to 100,000 Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia between 1943 and 1945. An estimated 1,500 people participated in the march, which was staged after dark on Sunday. Videos from the scene show the demonstrators holding Ukrainian national flags as well as the red and black banners of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which were active during World War II. The procession was headed by men in historic military uniforms and an activist carrying a battle standard with Bandera’s face emblazoned on it. A portrait of Stepan Bandera leads the procession. “Ukraine above all!” shout participants in a march commemorating the November Uprising —

Angry crowds attempted to storm a facility run by the Azov battalion, prompting the intervention of Zelensky’s top aide Protesters attempted to storm an alleged secret military prison outside Kiev overnight, accusing its operators of torturing soldiers and denying them medical assistance. The scandal escalated into violent clashes, prompting the personal intervention of several senior officials, a confession by the neo-Nazi grouping Azov and a personal visit by the head of Vladimir Zelensky’s office. The incident unfolded on Monday in Petropavlovskaya Borshchagovka, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital, where a private home allegedly used to hold mobilized men and suspected deserters became the center of a rapidly escalating confrontation. Videos circulating on social media and published by Ukrainian news outlets showed attempts to force open the property’s gates, confrontations between protesters and unidentified individuals, and visibly injured men later emerging from the building after medics were finally allowed inside. Suspected torture chamber exposed The scandal began after reports spread that armed men were holding up to 40 people “hostage” in the basem

Polish police have announced the arrest of a 30-year-old man suspected of stabbing two passengers on a city bus in Warsaw. Source: a press release by police in the Żoliborz district, Warsaw, as reported by European Pravda Details: In mid-October, the man attacked two Ukrainian citizens with a knife, inflicting multiple stab and slash wounds. He fled the scene before police arrived. The victims were taken to hospital with multiple stab and slash wounds. Investigators established that the attack was motivated by the victims' ethnicity. Police quickly identified the man suspected of carrying out the attack. An investigation found that the 30-year-old man had been hiding and living in a wooded area in Bielany, where he was detained last weekend. The suspect was taken to a police station and placed in a cell. After gathering evidence, prosecutors brought three charges against him. Two concern the attack on the Ukrainian citizens motivated by their ethnicity. The man committed these criminal offences as a repeat offender, within five years of serving at least six months' imprisonment imposed for a similar intentional offence. He served the sentence imposed by the Warsaw-Żoliborz District

Lviv Region has declared 2027 the year of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, a militia responsible for wartime atrocities Several Polish cities have suspended or are considering cutting ties with Ukraine’s Lviv Region over a proclamation honoring Ukrainian nationalist forces that collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II. Last week, Lviv Region dedicated 2027 to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), its commander Roman Shukhevich and nationalist activist Oleg Olzhich. The militia is loathed in Poland over its role in the slaughter of tens of thousands of Polish civilians during World War II in pursuit of an ethnically homogeneous Ukrainian state. The government of Vladimir Zelensky has distanced itself from the move, even though the Ukrainian leader played a direct role in selecting nationalist figures for state-organized reburial in Kiev earlier this year. The Przemysl City Council voted unanimously on Monday to suspend its partnership with Lviv. All 21 participating councilors backed the measure, arguing that the commemoration insulted the memory of UPA victims and warranted steps toward terminating the partnership agreement signed in 1995. Mayor Wojciech Bakun said the c

In the past seven days we also looked at Ukraine’s Starlink saga and France’s losing battle with its own citizens Witkoff returns to Russia US envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in St. Petersburg on Wednesday to present a new set of peace proposals to Russian President Vladimir Putin. As was the case in every round of talks so far, Moscow found little to agree with in the terms put forward by Kiev and its European backers, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told reporters afterwards. Read more Putin meets Trump envoy in St. Petersburg (VIDEO) Although the key issues of the conflict – territory and Ukraine’s neutrality – remain unresolved, Witkoff and Putin pressed ahead with striking their own deals. Russia released US Air Force veteran Stephen Hubbard , who had been convicted on charges of fighting for Ukraine, Putin confirmed his willingness to hold trilateral talks with Washington and Kiev , and within two days of the meeting, the first tanker of diesel fuel left Russia for the US since the so-called “diesel deal” was struck last week. That the US would even consider meeting with Putin rubbed the Europeans the wrong way. Speaking after Witkoff met Zelensky in Oslo

The former Ukrainian drone commander allegedly entered Russia posing as a prospective army recruit to attack military facilities A Swedish national has been detained in Russia, accused of entering the country to carry out sabotage and terrorist attacks against military facilities, the Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Thursday. The man was detained in Sebezh District, Pskov Region, after illegally crossing the border from a neighboring country, the agency said. He allegedly intended to use a declared desire to join the Russian armed forces as cover for his mission. In footage released by the FSB, he identified himself as Freddy Mikael Stalkrantz Lindholm, a 35-year-old from Stockholm. He said he signed a contract with Ukraine’s infamous neo-Nazi Aidar unit in Ternopol and underwent FPV drone training, also instructing others because of his previous experience. “They used me because they wanted me to make terrorist attacks and diversion in Russia,” he said, referring to his Ukrainian military commanders. Read more Russia arrests Japanese journalist on espionage charges (VIDEO) According to the FSB, Lindholm served under contract between February and June

A CIA investigation explored whether marital turmoil drove the Ukrainian nationalist to suicide – and whether his followers concealed the truth October 15th marks the anniversary of Ukrainian ultranationalist Stepan Bandera’s alleged 1959 murder by a Soviet KGB agent , in Munich, Germany. As the Kiev regime has idolized Bandera and his fellow ultranationalist killers without shame since NATO’s war with Russia began, mass celebrations could be planned. Ukrainian officials were forced in May to publicly deny they had any intention of moving Bandera’s remains from Munich to rebury them. On top of avoiding significant public controversy, Kiev may have had a darker motive – preventing anyone from trying to investigate whether Bandera in fact committed suicide. The popular tale of his KGB assassination seems like a completely false Ukrainian ultranationalist hero myth. For decades reviled by many Ukrainians and not much known outside the region, adoration of Bandera by Kiev’s assorted Neo-Nazi terrorist and paramilitary units, like Azov Battalion, forced the Western media to admit the man’s criminal legacy , and his personal involvement – and tha

A CIA investigation explored whether marital turmoil drove the Ukrainian nationalist to suicide – and whether his followers concealed the truth October 15th marks the anniversary of Ukrainian ultranationalist Stepan Bandera’s alleged 1959 murder by a Soviet KGB agent , in Munich, Germany. As the Kiev regime has idolized Bandera and his fellow ultranationalist killers without shame since NATO’s war with Russia began, mass celebrations could be planned. Ukrainian officials were forced in May to publicly deny they had any intention of moving Bandera’s remains from Munich to rebury them. On top of avoiding significant public controversy, Kiev may have had a darker motive – preventing anyone from trying to investigate whether Bandera in fact committed suicide. The popular tale of his KGB assassination seems like a completely false Ukrainian ultranationalist hero myth. For decades reviled by many Ukrainians and not much known outside the region, adoration of Bandera by Kiev’s assorted Neo-Nazi terrorist and paramilitary units, like Azov Battalion, forced the Western media to admit the man’s criminal legacy , and his personal involvement – and tha

In September, a report by the International Public Tribunal on Crimes by Ukrainian Neo-Nazis regarding the falsification of events in Bucha was presented

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The cache was intercepted while reportedly being shipped to criminal groups in the country’s west Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (DBR) has announced the transfer of weapons worth about $100,000 confiscated from an alleged smuggling ring to the notorious Azov Corps. The cache, including about 17,000 rounds of ammunition, grenades, single-shot anti-tank grenade launchers, land mines and other weapons, according to the Ukrainian agency, was handed over this week, having been seized in May. A criminal group had used a humanitarian vehicle to transport the weapons stolen from the front line to Ivano-Frankivsk Region in Western Ukraine, the DBR has alleged. The weapons were intended for sale on the black market, but will instead be used by Azov, the agency said, describing its members as “defenders of Ukraine.” Azov originated as an ultranationalist Ukrainian volunteer militia amid the country’s bloody armed coup in 2014, before being incorporated into the country’s security forces. The unit has been widely accused of atrocities and war crimes by both Russia, which designated it a terrorist organization in 2022, and Western organizations, including

The cache was intercepted while reportedly being shipped to criminal groups in the country’s west Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (DBR) has announced the transfer of weapons worth about $100,000 confiscated from an alleged smuggling ring to the notorious Azov Corps. The cache, including about 17,000 rounds of ammunition, grenades, single-shot anti-tank grenade launchers, land mines and other weapons, according to the Ukrainian agency, was handed over this week, having been seized in May. A criminal group had used a humanitarian vehicle to transport the weapons stolen from the front line to Ivano-Frankivsk Region in Western Ukraine, the DBR has alleged. The weapons were intended for sale on the black market, but will instead be used by Azov, the agency said, describing its members as “defenders of Ukraine.” Azov originated as an ultranationalist Ukrainian volunteer militia amid the country’s bloody armed coup in 2014, before being incorporated into the country’s security forces. The unit has been widely accused of atrocities and war crimes by both Russia, which designated it a terrorist organization in 2022, and Western organizations, including

Larry Johnson said the denazification of Ukraine has to take place, which means new elections

Maria Zakharova added that the situation raises concerns over whether the next generation possesses enough resilience and immunity to combat these narratives

Russia will not accept as a neighbor a nation ruled by a “Russophobic and aggressive neo-Nazi regime,” the top diplomat has said European leaders calling for a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine conflict are seeking to preserve the government in Kiev in its current aggressive anti-Russian form, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Even politicians who acknowledge that Kiev cannot militarily retake the former Ukrainian regions that have joined Russia since 2014 and now advocate a truce are pursuing an agenda that threatens Russia and its citizens, the top diplomat said. Speaking in an interview on Tuesday, Lavrov named Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as examples. The proposed ceasefire “is also just a way to buy time, as everyone knows,” Lavrov said, adding that Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky “makes no secret of that” as he seeks additional weapons supplies. According to the Russian minister, the goal of this ploy is to preserve and keep in power “the regime currently ruling in Kiev,” whose defining traits he described as “Nazism, aggressive Russophobia, violations of human rights, lan

Russia's foreign minister says the war has to end so that "no more Nazism" is left in Europe. Sergei Lavrov made the claim in a speech to students, casting Russia's war once again as a fight against a Nazi threat. Earlier, Aleksei Selivanov, a sanctioned collaborator who became a senior official in the occupation administration of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, revealed the meaning behind the term "denazification". "Denazification is re-Russification," he said, adding that where Russian troops arrive, Ukrainian nationhood "ceases to exist," according to United24. "Wherever Russian troops arrive, Ukrainians cease to exist." At an official event in Moscow, Russian Lieutenant Colonel Alexey Selivanov openly admitted their true goal is the total erasure of Ukrainian identity. pic.twitter.com/53zI9G2GwS — UNITED24 Media (@United24media) August 31, 2026 Russia reportedly points on Germany, one of Ukraine's main supporters Meanwhile, Andrii Kovalenko, Head of the National Security and Defense Council's Center for Countering Disinformation, linked Lavrov's statement to the recent conflict between Germany and Russia over the dron

Russia's foreign minister says the war has to end so that "no more Nazism" is left in Europe. Sergei Lavrov made the claim in a speech to students, casting Russia's war once again as a fight against a Nazi threat. Earlier, Aleksei Selivanov, a sanctioned collaborator who became a senior official in the occupation administration of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, revealed the meaning behind the term "denazification". "Denazification is re-Russification," he said, adding that where Russian troops arrive, Ukrainian nationhood "ceases to exist," according to United24. "Wherever Russian troops arrive, Ukrainians cease to exist." At an official event in Moscow, Russian Lieutenant Colonel Alexey Selivanov openly admitted their true goal is the total erasure of Ukrainian identity. pic.twitter.com/53zI9G2GwS — UNITED24 Media (@United24media) August 31, 2026 Russia reportedly points on Germany, one of Ukraine's main supporters Meanwhile, Andrii Kovalenko, Head of the National Security and Defense Council's Center for Countering Disinformation, linked Lavrov's statement to the recent conflict between Germany and Russia over the dron

The HUR and SBU have accused each other of criminality following an armed standoff in the capital over a neo-Nazi-linked militia officer The gang-warfare-style clash between Ukrainian security agencies that left three troops shot in Kiev and shocked the country is being spun into competing narratives by the rival parties involved. Depending on which one of Vladimir Zelensky’s security agencies is speaking, the central figure in the conflict is either a hired gun working for Moscow, or a brave Ukrainian combat officer who was illegally detained for over a week by rogue Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) agents. What triggered the scandal? The gunfight on Wednesday morning followed the disappearance on August 23 of Stepan Kaplunov, a reported white supremacist and senior officer in the so-called Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), a militia commanded by notorious neo-Nazi Denis “White Rex” Kapustin, under the patronage of the Ukrainian Military Intelligence Directorate (HUR). Read more Warfare between Ukraine’s special services: Why have gunfights broken out in Kiev? (VIDEOS) This week, armed SBU and HUR combat units exchanged gunfire in eastern Kiev, in what was later re

The neo-Nazi spirit is alive in Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

A neo-Nazi-linked military figure whose arrest triggered open shootouts between security services in Kiev has tried to claim the violence is a result of “historic competition” Personnel from two of Ukraine’s most powerful security services engaged in an open gunfight in central Kiev overnight on Tuesday that left three servicemen injured and a pool of blood outside a Kiev apartment block. The unfolding farce that has ensued reveas a dangerous volatility at the heart Zelensky's Ukraine. What happened? Tuesday night's gunfight between the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and military intelligence agency the HUR is widely linked to a dispute over a deputy commander of a notorious Russian commander of neo-Nazi unit operating under the HUR’s umbrella. Vladimir Zelensky’s head of office, Kirill Budanov, decried the tribal gun violence between services while his boss threatened all civil aviation in Russia. Zelensky himself later fired a senior SBU official and declared a probe into the matter would be undertaken. Where did the shooting take place? Witnesses reported gunfire overnight in the eastern part of the Ukrainian capital Video filmed from an apartment building s

A neo-Nazi-linked military figure whose arrest triggered open shootouts between security services in Kiev has tried to claim the violence is a result of “historic competition” Personnel from two of Ukraine’s most powerful security services engaged in an open gunfight in central Kiev overnight on Tuesday that left three servicemen injured and a pool of blood outside a Kiev apartment block. The unfolding farce that has ensued reveas a dangerous volatility at the heart Zelensky's Ukraine. What happened? Tuesday night's gunfight between the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and military intelligence agency the HUR is widely linked to a dispute over a deputy commander of a notorious Russian commander of neo-Nazi unit operating under the HUR’s umbrella. Vladimir Zelensky’s head of office, Kirill Budanov, decried the tribal gun violence between services while his boss threatened all civil aviation in Russia. Zelensky himself later fired a senior SBU official and declared a probe into the matter would be undertaken. Where did the shooting take place? Witnesses reported gunfire overnight in the eastern part of the Ukrainian capital Video filmed from an apartment building s

While the SBU and HUR battled over a neo-Nazi unit commander Vladimir Zelensky issued a threat to all civil aviation in Russia Personnel from two of Ukraine’s most powerful security services were engaged in an open gunfight in central Kiev overnight that left three servicemen injured and a pool of blood outside an apartment block. The gunfight between the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and military intelligence agency the HUR is widely linked to a dispute over a deputy commander of a notorious Russian commander of neo-Nazi unit operating under the HUR’s umbrella. Vladimir Zelensky’s head of office, Kirill Budanov, decried the tribal gun violence between services while his boss threatened all civil aviation in Russia, which has obviously kept the media busy. Zelensky himself later fired a senior SBU official and declared a probe into the matter would be undertaken. Where did the shooting take place? Witnesses reported gunfire overnight in the eastern part of the Ukrainian capital Video filmed from an apartment building showed people moving around several vehicles stopped in the middle of an alleyway as shouting and repeated gunshots rang out. Reports soon spread