The Biden administration has lifted a ban on arms shipments to the Ukrainian military unit known as the Azov Brigade, a former militia with ties to far-right hate groups. The State Department said Tuesday a thorough review turned up no evidence the brigade’s members have committed human rights abuses. The Azov Brigade was founded in 2014 by a self-avowed neo-Nazi and white supremacist. Meanwhile, delegates from 90 nations are set to gather in Switzerland this weekend for a Ukraine peace summit, though Russia and key nations, including China, will not be participating. Swiss President Viola Amherd on Monday outlined the summit’s goals.
President Viola Amherd: “We want to discuss ways for a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine based on international law and the U.N. Charter. We want to develop a common understanding for a possible framework to reach this goal. And we want to decide on a schedule together how both parties can be tied into a future peace process.”
They are still neo-Nazi.
From the same state department that claims there is no genocide occurring in Gaza
While I agree on the hypocrisy, there actually isn’t any evidence this unit is a problem. There was a significant reform process that changed much of the leadership and the die hard members left to form another militia unit.
Personally I find it insulting that it took this long after the reform process to green light this unit while Israel is given a blank check to MICmart.