“Prisoners of Azov” .. Was Ukraine involved in the liquidation of its fighters?

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Polyansky said Saturday: "We will take international experts and journalists there to reveal the facts"The prison was bombed, killing 40 and wounding 75 Ukrainian prisoners of war, including POWs "Azov" The main reason for the bombing by Kyiv, according to Russian statements, what happened?

On the night of last July 29, Russia announced the presentation of areas in Donetsk People’s Republic To a missile bombardment by Kyiv, not a few hours passed before Moscow announced that a prisoner detention center in the Linovka region had been bombed.

After the bombing, the Russian Deputy Defense Minister, Alexander Fomin, announced that the Ukrainian side was insisting on detaining prisoners of brigades. "Azov" In Detention Center No. 120 in Jelinovka, Donetsk People’s Republic, which was bombed by the US HIMARS missile launch system.

Meanwhile, Russian military analyst Alexander Artamatov says, battalions "Azov" Which Moscow declared a terrorist organization closely related to the bombing of the detention facility by Kyiv, in order to erase the crimes of these terrorist groups and not reveal them to the international community.

Russian military analyst Alexander Artamatov added, in an interview with"Sky News Arabia"Hours before the targeting incident, a video confession about the crimes of (Azov elements) was published, other than that the prison housed a number of Ukrainian fighters who laid down their weapons and surrendered.

He explained that the Ukrainian bombing of the detention facility is an indirect message to its soldiers in the battles, which is that if they surrender, they will be eliminated from the side. Ukrainecontinued "The past few days have witnessed major surrenders of the Ukrainian army in front of the advance of Russian forces".

And last week, the Russian authorities designated the Azov Brigade, founded by Ukrainian nationalists, as a terrorist organization. Regarding the latest Russian move, international affairs researcher Ahmed Sultan says that Moscow’s designation of the right-wing Ukrainian nationalist Azov Brigade as a terrorist organization will have no effect at the level Global.

Ahmed Sultan added, in exclusive statements to"Sky News Arabia"Also, the Russian classification will mean that its captured fighters will be subjected to strict trials in Russia, and therefore its elements will not be treated as the Ukrainian officers and soldiers who have been captured in large numbers since the outbreak of the war, especially since the battalion also includes hundreds of foreign volunteers.

Over the past months, criminal cases have already been filed against a number of fighters "Azov" In Russia, under cases of extremism, mercenarism and the like, and under the court’s decision, battalion fighters can be prosecuted "Azov" As partners, participants, and organizers of a terrorist organization.

Prepare "Azov Battalion" Right-wing nationalist military infantry unit accused of espousing ideology "neo-nazis" and hate speech calling for white supremacy, and it first fought alongside the Ukrainian army in the east of the country in 2014 against pro-Russian separatists, and after its efforts to retake the strategic coastal city of Mariupol and its port from Russian-backed separatists, the unit was formally integrated into the Ukrainian National Guard on November 12, 2014. , and received great acclaim from then-President Petro Poroshenko.

Aya Badr, a researcher in political sciences who specializes in analyzing armed conflicts, believes that: Azov Battalion She fought alongside the Ukrainian army in the east of the country about 8 years ago against separatists loyal to Moscow, and Russia did not classify her at the time on terrorist lists, although the Russian authorities accused her of adopting an ideology "neo-nazis"In general, the Russian decision will not affect the strength of the escalating Ukrainian resistance against the Russian army, especially in light of the massive Western support for the Ukrainian forces.

Aya Badr added, in exclusive statements to"Sky News Arabia": This decision, simultaneous with the bombing of a Russian military barracks that included dozens of prisoners of the battalion, will mean that the battalion’s members will die in the fighting and will not surrender again in large numbers, as happened after the siege of a factory "Azofestal" In the strategic city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine last May.

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“We will transfer international experts and journalists there to reveal the facts,” Polyansky said Saturday. The prison was bombed, killing 40 and wounding 75 Ukrainian prisoners of war, including POWs.Azov“The main reason for the bombing by Kyiv, according to Russian statements, what happened?

On the night of last July 29, Russia announced the presentation of areas in Donetsk People’s Republic To a missile bombardment by Kyiv, not a few hours passed before Moscow announced that a prisoner detention center in the Linovka region had been bombed.

After the bombing, the Russian Deputy Defense Minister, Alexander Fomin, announced that the Ukrainian side was insisting on holding prisoners of the “Azov” brigades in detention center No. 120 in Jelinovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, which was bombed by the American missile launch system HIMARS.

Meanwhile, Russian military analyst Alexander Artamatov says, “Azov” battalions Which Moscow declared a terrorist organization closely related to the bombing of the detention facility by Kyiv, in order to erase the crimes of these terrorist groups and not reveal them to the international community.

In his interview with Sky News Arabia, Russian military analyst Alexander Artamatov added that hours before the targeting incident, a video confession about the crimes of (Azov elements) was published, other than that the prison housed a number of Ukrainian fighters who laid down their weapons and surrendered.

He explained that the Ukrainian bombing of the detention facility is an indirect message to its soldiers in the battles, which is that if they surrender, they will be eliminated from the side. Ukraine“The past days have witnessed major surrenders of the Ukrainian army in front of the advance of the Russian forces,” he added.

And last week, the Russian authorities designated the Azov Brigade, founded by Ukrainian nationalists, as a terrorist organization. Regarding the latest Russian move, international affairs researcher Ahmed Sultan says that Moscow’s designation of the right-wing Ukrainian nationalist Azov Brigade as a terrorist organization will have no effect at the level Global.

Ahmed Sultan added, in exclusive statements to “Sky News Arabia”, that the Russian classification will also mean that its captured fighters will be subject to strict trials in Russia, and therefore its elements will not be treated as the Ukrainian officers and soldiers who have been captured in large numbers since the outbreak of the war, especially since the battalion also includes hundreds of foreign volunteers.

Over the past months, criminal cases have already been filed against a number of “Azov” fighters in Russia under cases of extremism, mercenarism and the like, and under the court’s decision, the fighters of the “Azov” battalion can be tried as accomplices, participants and organizers of a terrorist organization.

The Azov Battalion is a right-wing nationalist military infantry unit accused of neo-Nazi ideology and white supremacist hate rhetoric. It first fought alongside the Ukrainian army in the east of the country in 2014 against pro-Russian separatists, and after its efforts to retake the strategic coastal city of Mariupol. And its port of Russian-backed separatists, the unit was formally incorporated into the Ukrainian National Guard on November 12, 2014, and garnered great acclaim from then-President Petro Poroshenko.

Aya Badr, a researcher in political sciences who specializes in analyzing armed conflicts, believes that: Azov Battalion She fought alongside the Ukrainian army in the east of the country about 8 years ago against separatists loyal to Moscow, and Russia did not classify her at the time on the lists of terrorism, although the Russian authorities were accusing her of adopting the ideology of “neo-Nazis”. Especially in light of the massive Western support of the Ukrainian forces.

Aya Badr added, in exclusive statements to “Sky News Arabia”: This decision, simultaneous with the bombing of a Russian military barracks, which included dozens of prisoners of the battalion, will mean that the battalion’s members will die in the fighting and will not surrender again in large numbers, as happened after the siege of the “Azovestal” factory. In the strategic city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine last May.

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