Social-National Assembly
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The Social-National Assembly was an assemblage of the ultra-nationalist radical organizations and groups founded in 2008 that share the social-national ideology and agree upon building a social-nation
Patriot of Ukraine members in 2011
Azov Brigade
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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 foun
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…party "Nova Syla" (New Force). As of 2014, the S.N.A.'s activities were largely Kyiv-based. The SNA participated at the War in Donbas through the Azov Battalion, created as a militia in March 2014 and granted official status in May of the same year. Later the SNA and Patriot of Ukraine ended operations as most…
Andriy Biletsky with "Azov" volunteers, June 2014. At this point the Azov group was known as the "Black Corps" and "Men in Black" due to their all-black masks and fatigues.
Azov soldiers patrolling in an improvised armored vehicle, 2014
Azov soldiers taking position near a BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle in July 2014
Azov forces moving during the battle of Shyrokyne in 2015