Azov Battalion

One of the Special Sub-Units of Public Order Protection in Ukraine; created in May 2014, a paramilitary independent voluntary battalion, in connection with the intensification of pro-Russian separatism in Ukraine. In September 2014, it was transformed into a regiment, keeping the symbolism and commander.

The battalion was stationed in Mariupol in the Donetsk region (temporarily stationed in Berdyansk in the Zaporizhia region). He takes part in the Donbas war in the southern Donetsk region, mostly within the borders of Przyazowo.

Battalion, through links with the Right Sector and references to symbolism associated with neo-Nazism (eg Wolfsangel in the symbol of the individual) is associated with Ukrainian nationalism