{"id":37827,"date":"2025-07-12T05:22:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T05:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-lifts-weapons-and-training-ban-on-ukraines-azov-brigade\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T05:22:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T05:22:38","slug":"u-s-lifts-weapons-and-training-ban-on-ukraines-azov-brigade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-lifts-weapons-and-training-ban-on-ukraines-azov-brigade\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. lifts weapons and training ban on Ukraine&#8217;s Azov Brigade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The United States has lifted restrictions on providing weapons and training for the high-profile Ukrainian military unit the Azov Brigade. The U.S. State Department confirmed Monday that the unit, which has played a significant role in Ukraine&#8217;s effort to repel the ongoing <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/ukraine-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">invasion launched by Russia<\/a><\/span> in February 2022, could now be trained by U.S. military personnel and use U.S.-provided weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department&#8217;s move reversed a decade-old prohibition imposed on the Azov forces under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/key-topics-bureau-of-democracy-human-rights-and-labor\/human-rights\/leahy-law-fact-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Leahy Law<\/a>, which prohibits the U.S. from supplying weapons or financial assistance &#8220;to units of foreign security forces where there is credible information implicating that unit in the commission of gross violations of human rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The State Department said it had concluded there was &#8220;no evidence of Gross Violation of Human Rights committed by the 12th Azov Brigade.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Azov Brigade was initially a volunteer force that rose to prominence in 2014, when Russian forces first crossed Ukraine&#8217;s eastern border and started seizing land. The following year, it was integrated into Ukraine&#8217;s National Guard. It will now have access to the same <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/blinken-promises-ukraine-aid-russia-on-the-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">U.S. military assistance<\/a><\/span> as any other unit in the National Guard.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Washington Post, U.S. assistance to the Azov unit was barred under the Leahy Law about a decade ago, over concerns about its founder, the ultra-nationalist Andriy Biletsky, and other members having Nazi sympathies. Some members of what was then known as the Azov Battalion were described as being far-right and xenophobic \u2014 a narrative that has been <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-russia-war-azov-battalion-putin-premise-war-vs-nazis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">repeatedly promoted by Russian propaganda<\/a><\/span> campaigns to justify the invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department did not say when the ban was lifted, but a spokesperson said Monday that the original unit had been disbanded years ago and that vetting of the current brigade had found no evidence of gross human rights violations, leading to the restrictions being dropped.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/06\/11\/d160f6e9-61ca-4c64-b598-3fed871d5c0d\/thumbnail\/620x413g6\/73bda79b40f8327ae781305ae2c8c17b\/gettyimages-2151803975.jpg#\" alt=\"Members of the Azov Brigade in Ukraine \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/06\/11\/d160f6e9-61ca-4c64-b598-3fed871d5c0d\/thumbnail\/620x413g6\/73bda79b40f8327ae781305ae2c8c17b\/gettyimages-2151803975.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/06\/11\/d160f6e9-61ca-4c64-b598-3fed871d5c0d\/thumbnail\/1240x826g6\/d08d64b5a608a95b64516fb0c04ea39f\/gettyimages-2151803975.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Members of the Azov Brigade attend the funeral of a member who was killed in battle, in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, May 10, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                ROMAN PILIPEY\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Azov Brigade posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/azov_media\/status\/1800425382853615696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a> on social media welcoming a &#8220;new page in the history&#8221; for the unit, saying that &#8220;obtaining Western weapons and training from the United States will not only increase the combat ability of Azov, but most importantly, contribute to the preservation of the lives and the health of personnel.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Russia&#8217;s top court officially designated the Azov unit a terrorist group, and speaking Tuesday in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that &#8220;such a sudden change in Washington&#8217;s position shows that it will do anything to suppress Russia\u2026 even flirting with neo-Nazis.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Azov forces played a key role in defending the southern city of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mariupol-ukraine-russia-war-face-the-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mariupol<\/a><\/span>, refusing to surrender for 80 days as they were <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-recovers-bodies-azovstal-steel-plant-mariupol-commander-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">holed\u2013up in a sprawling steel mill<\/a><\/span> with little ammunition and under blistering Russian artillery fire, before eventually <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-russia-war-azovstal-steel-mill-defenders-mission-complete\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">laying down their weapons<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In Ukraine, the Azov troops have become a potent symbol of Ukrainian resistance in the war against Russia, and many remain in Russian captivity.<\/p>\n<figure 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