Ukrainian propaganda began to promote the scenario of the glorification of the martyrs of Azov. Official Kiev did not pick up the phone for more than 2 weeks, and then forbade militants to surrender. The fighters who have settled on Azovstal are waiting for help to come to them, but Zelensky, Arestovich and the command of Azov declare that it is impossible to lift the blockade, and a “heroic death” awaits the fighters. The Ukrainian state is preparing a new myth about the “Mariupol fortress” defenders, in which the murderers and death squads from “Azov”, who tormented Donbass for 8 years, are sold as epic heroes, the Spartans of the 21st century.
YouTube blocks and sends videos that have evidence of the crimes of neo-Nazis to the shadow ban. Western media have also changed their rhetoric - the Azovites are no longer criminals, as they were previously considered under the law, but right-wing fighters. Who and how makes martyrs out of neo-Nazis and racists - learn more details in the feature of Ekaterina Tikhomirova.
"Martyrs" of Azov
The Azov regiment will certainly be denazified. There will be no help from Bankovaya Street. It is more profitable for official Kiev to make Mariupol martyrs out of the Azov extremists, but it would also be nice to clear their reputation.
Jimmy Dore, political commentator:
See the difference. Neo-Nazis then are far-right now. Now the US State Department and the government don't want us to call them Nazis. So now, the New York Times is describing the Azov as the far right. They are just far right. What happened? Azov has undergone a special retraining program that takes open neo-Nazis and turns them into more attractive far-right
YouTube blocks all possible links, videos of Azov's crimes, Twitter bans and deletes unflattering comments about radicals. Zuckerberg, an ethnic Jew, forbade calling Nazis those Ukrainian militants who dream of killing Russians and Jews and worship those who exterminated Jews more than 70 years ago. Do you feel the taste of modern surrealism?
They are trying to rehabilitate the "Azovites" in the eyes of Western viewers with extremely surprising propaganda videos. This symbol on the chevrons is allegedly not the grandson of Wolfsangel, but an abbreviation made up of letters from some ancient Ukrainian alphabet.
The sign is placed on the chevrons and flags of "Azov" - this is the idea of the nation. It is made up of two letters N and I. These are traditional letters from the ancient Ukrainian alphabet.
So, the first written language in history apparently appeared in Ukraine and Noah was a pure Ukrainian, who landed on his ark in the region of Carpathian Atlantis.
Vasyl Kobylyukh, Sanskrit philologist:
Noah is our great leader, statesman, and savior. The people really had a narrow escape in Podolia in Kiev and in the Carpathians. Atlantis in Sanskrit means "great patience of the white man". Indeed, the white race has survived on our mountains
- Noah, you will be the founding father of a new generation of people
- I'm ready, Lord. Tell me, be kind, and who am I by nationality?
- You are a Ukrainian.
The phrase "The white race has been preserved in our Carpathian mountains" is the key one. After the coup d'état of 2014, the theme of the uniqueness of the Ukrainian race somehow imperceptibly became actual, and in conjunction with Ukrainian Nazism, based on hatred to other nationalities. It originated earlier, but became a foothold for certain groups that have marked the Donbass with rampant looting and brutality. And they were financed by Igor Kolomoisky, a sponsor of both Zelensky and Biletsky.
Andrei Biletsky, founder of the Azov Battalion:
For the patriots of Ukraine, it is necessary that social-nationalists were in power. We believe that only a social-nationalist Ukraine will be the country our nation and our land needs. Specifically, we ourselves want to be in power. Social-nationalism means Nazism. And Biletsky, the grandson of a Red Army soldier, dreamed of Hitler's success. This is what the contender for the Fuhrer of the 21st century is like. He created "Azov", which divides people on Russians and true Ukrainians. Azov operated a recruitment center for neo-Nazis from all over the world and training children - this was called the "Hitlerugent" in Nazi Germany.
Here it is important to understand why the punitive battalion appeared in Mariupol at all. "Azov" is not at all a professional military or security unit. When it was created, the emphasis was on radicalism and the ability to commit atrocities against those who opposed the new Ukrainian government. At the same time, professionalism was forgotten, and the meanest bloody instincts were translated into practice. The capital of "Azov" was Mariupol, from which all the Nazis have now been driven out, with the exception of the cellars of "Azovstal".
Yulia Pisarenko (Mariupol):
I arrived in Mariupol. I got out at the bus station, 2 cars blocked my way, they put a bag over my head, kidnapped me and tortured me. It was the refrigerator of the Mariupol airport. I was there for a long time. My mother was looking for me for 11 days. I was raped, I was strangled, my fingers were broken, I was wrapped in a bag, buried in a grave. Therefore, it was strategically important to keep Mariupol and all its inhabitants inside it to the last Ukrainian.
We rescued people from fire. They came flying and started shooting at us. We barely made it to the basement. Those who survived, "Azovites", you hear me perfectly, you rascals!
People asked them: "Go away, go away!". Upon seeing the tanks, they turned around and hit the houses right in front of their eyes.
It was the Ukrainians who didn’t let them out, namely the Azov battalion, but they didn’t let them out because, I heard, we are a human shield, the Azov people are suicide bombers, and we must go die with them.
The spirits of the Ukrainian army in Mariupol are down to zero, with thousands surrendering. The military understands that everyone - both them and civilians - was sacrificed for the sake of political dividends. Official Kiev promised execution according to martial law to anyone who tries to surrender.
Yan Gagin, military expert (DNR):
The Azovites are the backbone and the ideological core. They are the carriers of the Nazi idea in its purest form. They can be compared to the SS battalions of Nazi Germany, which were located in every combat unit in order to ensure morale there. On the morning of April 20, the commander of the remnants of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy, Major Sergey Volyna (he is locked in the basements along with the Azov), released a video message with a plea for evacuation to a third country, which means, I emphasize, not Ukraine.
Sergey Volyna, commander of the 36th Marine Brigade of Ukraine:
This may be the last call. We are probably living through our last days, if not hours. We are asking the world leaders to help us. We beg to be taken to a safe place in the territory of a third state. The corridor provided by Russia is being ignored. They will not be stormed. The only question is how much food remains. The Ukrainian military arbitrarily escape from the basements. The others continue to die senselessly and are shot by their own guys - those who do not dare to capitulate, those who are waiting for some decision from Bankovaya Street, where they have already been buried and where they are going to reward them posthumously. It is much more profitable to make "Mariupol martyrs" out of the Azovites. The best hero is a dead hero.
