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Azov Movement
The 12th Special Forces Brigade "Azov" () is a formation of the National Guard of Ukraine formerly based in Mariupol, in the coastal region of the Sea of Azov, from which it derives its name. It was founded in May 2014 as the Azov Battalion (), a Ukrainian volunteer battalions, self-funded volunteer militia under the command of Andriy Biletsky, to fight Russian people's militias in Ukraine, Russian-backed forces in the War in Donbas (2014–2022), Donbas War. It was formally incorporated into the National Guard on 11 November 2014, and redesignated Special Operations Detachment "Azov", also known as the Azov Regiment. In February 2023, the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine), Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that Azov was to be expanded as a brigade of the new Offensive Guard (Ukraine), Offensive Guard. As of April 2025, the brigade is part of the 1st Azov Corps (Ukraine), 1st Azov Corps, a newly created formation led by former Azov Brigade commander Denys Prok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Tasks Patrol Police
The Special Police Forces () is a Ukrainian volunteer corps of law enforcement units, part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. History In April 2014, Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov issued an order to create battalions of special purpose within the Ministry of Internal Affairs structure. Their goal was to protect public order and important facilities across Ukraine, but all of these units were eventually sent to the east to counter Russian aggression. After the reformation of National Police in 2015, the units were reformed as Special Task Patrol Police units. During the ongoing war in Donbas, the forces of the Special Tasks Patrol Police have fought against pro-Russian separatists as a paramilitary force. Structure Special Police Forces * Chernihiv Battalion, Chernihiv Oblast * East Company, Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast * Kherson Battalion, Kherson, Kherson Oblast * Khyzhak Brigade * KORD Brigade * Kyiv Regiment, Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast ** 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Ukraine Campaign
Ukraine's easternmost oblasts, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kharkiv, have been the site of an ongoing theatre of operation since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The battle of Donbas was a major offensive in the eastern theatre that took place in mid-2022. By the culmination of the offensive in July 2022, Russian forces and their separatist allies had captured the cities of Sievierodonetsk, Lysychansk, Rubizhne and Izium. However, in early September, Ukraine launched a major counteroffensive in the east, which recaptured the cities of Izium, Balakliia, Kupiansk, Sviatohirsk and the strategic city of Lyman, Ukraine, Lyman. The counteroffensive stalled east of the Oskil river, and Luhansk Oblast campaign, a campaign in eastern Kharkiv Oblast and western Luhansk Oblast has continued since, though Donetsk Oblast has remained the most active area of the frontline. In the winter of 2022–2023, Russia focused on capturing the city of Bakhmut, largely destroy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banner Of The Azov Regiment
A banner can be a flag or another piece of cloth bearing a symbol, logo, slogan or another message. A flag whose design is the same as the shield in a coat of arms (but usually in a square or rectangular shape) is called a banner of arms. Also, a bar-shaped piece of non-cloth advertising material sporting a name, slogan, or other marketing message is also a banner. Banner-making is an ancient craft. Church banners commonly portray the saint to whom the church is dedicated. The word derives from Old French ''baniere'' (modern ), from Late Latin ''bandum'', which was borrowed from a Germanic source (compare ). Cognates include Italian language">Italian ''bandiera'', Portuguese ''bandeira'', and Spanish language">Spanish ''bandera''. Vexillum The vexillum was a flag-like object used as a military standard by units in the Ancient Roman army. The word ''vexillum'' itself is a diminutive of the Latin ''velum'', meaning a sail, which confirms the historical evidence (from coins a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrinform
The National News Agency of Ukraine (), or Ukrinform (), is a state information and news agency, and international broadcaster of Ukraine. It was founded in 1918 during the Ukrainian War of IndependenceУкраїнському національному інформаційному агентству «Укрінформ» — 90 років. Вітаємо! Телекритика (March 17, 2008) as the Bureau of Ukrainian Press (BUP). The first director of the agency was Dmytro Dontsov, when the agency name was ''The Ukrainian Telegraph Agency''. Ukrinform is Ukraine's representative of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) and the Black Sea Association of National News Agencie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denys Prokopenko
Denys Hennadiyovych Prokopenko (born 27 June 1991) is a Ukrainian military officer who is a Lieutenant colonel (Eastern Europe), lieutenant colonel in the National Guard of Ukraine and commander of the 12th Special Forces Brigade "Azov Brigade, Azov", as well as a prominent participant of the Russo-Ukrainian War. In response to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Prokopenko rose as a leader defending Mariupol from the Siege of Mariupol, Russian siege, and commanded the Mariupol garrison. For his leadership role on the frontlines of the war, he was awarded the title Hero of Ukraine in March 2022. Prokopenko is also known as Redis, (proper noun with stress (linguistics), stress on the first syllable—thus, contrary to some mistranslations, Minimal pair#Stress, contrastive with , which is stressed on the final syllable). an old Ultras, football ultra nickname that became his military call sign. His subordinates are reported to address him informally as "Brother Redis" or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadym Troyan
Vadym Anatoliyovych Troyan (; born 12 September 1979) is a Ukrainian former government official and military leader. He was the chief of police for the Kyiv Oblast from 2014 to 2021, and formerly the deputy commander of the Azov Battalion with the rank of colonel. Biography Troyan was born on 12 September 1979 in a village Orilka, Lozova Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. In 2000 he graduated in law from Kharkiv National University. Until 2003 he served as an investigator at the Lozova district police station in Kharkiv Oblast. Since the beginning of the military operation in the Eastern region of Ukraine he defended the independence and the territorial integrity of Ukraine as deputy commander of the Azov Battalion, a far right all-volunteer infantry military unit which is accused of supporting neo-Nazi ideology. He has been awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky of the 3rd degree, as well as the personal award weapon and extraordinary special ranks. The Mariupol City Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ihor Mosiychuk
Ihor Volodymyrovych Mosiychuk (, born 5 May 1972, Lubny, Poltava Oblast) is a Ukrainian journalist and far-right politician, a leading figure in the organized social-nationalist movement, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper ''Vechirnaya Vasilkov'', and a participant in the Vasylkiv terrorists case. He is a former deputy of Verkhovna Rada from Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko. In early 2014, Mosiychuk served as the deputy commander of the Azov Battalion. After he made Jew-baiting comments about Ihor Kolomoisky, he was removed. On 25 October 2017, a parked scooter exploded in Kyiv near the building of Espreso TV, which was, according to an investigation by the Ukrainian police, an assassination attempt on him.Terrorist attack near the Esp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andriy Biletsky
Andriy Yevheniiovych Biletsky ( ; born 5 August 1979) is a Ukrainian far-right politician. He is the leader of political party National Corps. He was the first commander of the volunteer militia Azov Battalion, which he founded in 2014, and a co-founder of the nationalist movement Social-National Assembly. From 2014 until 2019, Biletsky was a People's Deputy of Ukraine. Biography Andriy Biletsky was born in 1979 in Kharkiv, Soviet Union. Biletsky's father Yevheniy Mykhailovych Biletsky hailed from an old Cossack family that founded the village of Krasnopavlivka in Kharkiv Oblast, while Biletsky's mother Olena Anatoliyivna Biletsky (''née'' Lukashevych) descended from a noble family from Zhytomyr region, to which belong the Decembrist who founded the . In his youth, Biletsky practiced several types of martial arts and boxing. Unlike many Ukrainians, he declined to join the Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization. Biletsky, along with senior schoolmates, raised the Ukrai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pokrovsk Offensive
The Pokrovsk offensive is an ongoing military operation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Armed Forces with the primary goal of capturing the strategic city of Pokrovsk in western Donetsk Oblast. Fighting increased with the Russian advance into and subsequent capture of Prohres on 18 and 19 July 2024, a turning point for the Russian offensive northwest of Avdiivka following the latter's capture in February 2024, and has taken place in numerous settlements east and south of Pokrovsk in Pokrovsk Raion. Background Following the Russian success in the battle of Avdiivka, their forces significantly advanced north and northwest of the city to form a salient in the succeeding months. The success in the battle of Ocheretyne, fought over a town northwest of Avdiivka, led to further gains in the months leading up to July 2024. Offensive Early advances (18–31 July) On 17 July 2024, fighting began over Prohres, a village in central Donetsk Oblast, and Russian forc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Toretsk
The battle of Toretsk is an ongoing engagement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine between the Russian Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of Ukraine for control of the city of Toretsk and the settlements in the surrounding area, beginning on 18 June 2024. The effort to control the city is part of a renewed effort to capture portions of Donetsk Oblast. By 29 January 2025, geolocated footage confirmed Russian control over 88% of the city. Battle First attacks and capture of Shumy (18 June – 1 July) The first offensive engagements in the direction of Toretsk by the Russian Armed Forces began on 18 June 2024, when the settlements of Pivdenne, Pivnichne, and Niu-York saw the first assaults in recent months. Ukrainian officials the same day reported a "sudden increase" in Russian attacks in the main city's direction. DeepStateMap.Live showed on 18 June a Russian advance in the general direction of Druzhba and Pivnichne. Russian milbloggers first claimed advances of Russian for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
