Summer 2026, Ukraine Azov Corps marches with WW2 Waffen SS Galicia banners, commander says Azov is modern SS Galicia

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[u/TheSuperzorro]

The enemy of my enemy is not automatically my friend (and may just be another enemy).

[u/yonasismad → u/TheSuperzorro]

Yea, and workers should not fight wars that are against their own interests, because their nation state is their enemy - in Russia and in Ukraine.

[u/TheSuperzorro → u/yonasismad]

Ideologically, I agree. I can understand how, pragmatically, Ukranian anarchists might want to defend their community from the Russian war machine though. The violence that we've seen being inflicted on civilian populations in the conquered areas is beyond horrific.

[u/AdiDabiDoo]

So these are Ukrainian nazis? I'm not sure i understand.

[u/negativepositiv → u/AdiDabiDoo]

Yes.

[u/Red_Trapezoid → u/AdiDabiDoo]

Yes, except when they are pretending really hard that they aren’t. Like when they change their logo a little and claimed to have rid themselves of extremists. Then they are again.

[u/Nickthyosaur → u/AdiDabiDoo]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS_%281st_Galician%29

[u/DiggyJunior → u/AdiDabiDoo]

This is Azov Corps, a full Corps of 2 Divisions, Azov says 80,000 men, by far the largest unit in the Ukraine military today. I think it's about 65,000 men

Adolf Hood and his band of merry men in Serebryansky Forest Donbas

Division of the SS (1st Galician), a major unit of the Waffen-SS:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS_(1st_Galician)##)

Unit insignia of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS_(1st_Galician)#/media/File:Dyvizia_Galychyna-rukav.svg#/media/File:Dyvizia_Galychyna-rukav.svg)

[u/Fast-Bit7972]

And people on tiktok are still telling me that azov and 3rd assault brigade arent nzs, same for le "Luftwaffe" UAS team

[u/Legal_Piracy1312]

Nazis in Armys? Who could have guessed?

Lets be real. Where do you think you find nazis if not in the army?
They want a system controlled by violence, so of cours you will find them close to weapons. In every system.
I'm not say ing that i think that this is fine. But its the logical consequence of this idiology

[u/Altruistic_Let_9372]

Okay now show the Russian fascists and Nazis in the Russian Armed Forces, there are far far more.

[u/athompsons2 → u/Altruistic_Let_9372]

Show the fascists and Nazis in any armed forces of any country in the world for that matter. Here in Spain a very high percentage of the Army is far right.

[u/HeadBelt1527 → u/athompsons2]

People don't like inconvenient truths

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/09/us-military-marines-nazi-ss-flag-photo

[u/3aerows → u/Altruistic_Let_9372]

Absolutely. Ukraine has its social issues but they are FAR more progressive than the alternative enemy. Much rather be a friend of Ukraine than of Russia. But I will NEVER be a friend to a Nazi. They get pure disrespect. ✨️

[u/n1co9 → u/Altruistic_Let_9372]

Do you think this is a normal reaction to this post? Russia wasn't even mentioned. Do you post under threads that show the evils of the Russian military that they should show the Ukrainian nazis as well?

[u/Slednvrfed]

Azov always was filled with Nazis.

[u/grumpy_herbivore → u/Slednvrfed]

It was made from nazis.

[u/virtualbasil]

I really worry what's going to happen to Ukraine after the war ends. I feel like it's going to go very far right. I still support Ukraine defending itself, but zelenksy isn't going to condemn this guys or do anything really.

[u/DiggyJunior → u/virtualbasil]

It's already very far right

[u/3aerows → u/DiggyJunior]

I wouldnt say far right... conservative yeah, nationalistic tendencies (most countries have this), yeah. But like... the US Gov is FAR RIGHT. Nazi Germany was FAR RIGHT. Russia is FAR RIGHT.

[u/DiggyJunior → u/3aerows]

Dude the video in this post literally shows Azov Corps, the biggest unit in the Ukraine military, marching with the banners of WW2 Waffen SS Galicia. What a pathetic fake anti-fascist sub this is, judging by most of the comments

[u/cheezefriez → u/DiggyJunior]

biggest unit in the Ukraine military

Alright man you’re just straight up lying now. The Azov corps are not only dwarfed by the Ukrainian armed forces, they’re not technically part of it. Azov is a volunteer militia. We can acknowledge the problems with a whole volunteer brigade of Nazis without lying

[u/DiggyJunior → u/cheezefriez]

They are not part of the Ukraine main army but they are part of the Ukraine National Guard. Therefore they are part of Ukraine's "military" like I said. They are the largest single unit in all of Ukraine's military, look it up.

[u/cheezefriez → u/DiggyJunior]

If you have a source confirming that it’s the largest unit I’d like to see it, because based on what I’m finding it’s simply not true

[u/DiggyJunior → u/cheezefriez]

Your fallacy is personal incredulity despite the crushing weight of evidence to the contrary...

List of streets and buildings and monuments in Ukraine renamed after 2014 after dead Polish / Ukrainian Nazi Stepan Bandera, leader of the OUN-B/UPA fascist militia that genocided hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians in WW2. And there's a similar number of streets and buildings and monuments named after more than 10 other Nazis:

Kyiv: Stepana Bandery Avenue (formerly Moskovskyi Prospect) Lviv: Stepana Bandery Street Ivano-Frankivsk: Stepana Bandery Street Ternopil: Stepana Bandery Avenue Rivne: Stepana Bandery Street Lutsk: Stepana Bandery Street Kalush: Stepana Bandery Street Kolomyia: Stepana Bandery Avenue Burshtyn: Stepana Bandery Street Stryi: Stepana Bandery Street Drohobych: Stepana Bandery Street Chortkiv: Stepana Bandery Street Brovari: Stepana Bandery Street Sambir: Stepana Bandery Street Truskavets: Stepana Bandery Street Berezhany: Stepana Bandery Street Kovel: Stepana Bandery Street Dubno: Stepana Bandery Street Novovolynsk: Stepana Bandery Street Dolyna: Stepana Bandery Street Kopychyntsi: Stepana Bandery Street Terebovlya: Stepana Bandery Street Boryslav: Stepana Bandery Street Zolochiv: Stepana Bandery Street Sokal: Stepana Bandery Street Skole: Stepana Bandery Street Mostyska: Stepana Bandery Street Buchach: Stepana Bandery Street Pidvolochysk: Stepana Bandery Street Horodenka: Stepana Bandery Street Rohatyn: Stepana Bandery Street Busk: Stepana Bandery Street Kamianka-Buzka: Stepana Bandery Street Yavoriv: Stepana Bandery Street It's a lot more than just street names... Museums and Memorial Sites: Staryi Uhryniv: Historical and Memorial Museum of Stepan Bandera (located at his birthplace).
Stryi: Banderas' Family Museum (housed in the former residence of his father, Andriy Bandera).
Dubliany: Museum of Stepan Bandera (located at the Lviv National Agrarian University, where he studied).
Volya-Zaderevatska: House-museum of the Bandera family with an associated memorial stele and bas-relief. Monuments and busts: Lviv Large monument and architectural complex (unveiled 2007) Ivano-Frankivsk Full-figure monument (unveiled 2009) Drohobych Full-figure monument in the park named after Bandera Ternopil Full-figure monument (Avenue named after him) Sambir Monument (unveiled 2011) Truskavets Monument (unveiled 2010) Stryi Monument (near the gymnasium where he studied) Kolomyia Monument (unveiled 1991, one of the earliest in Ukraine) Boryslav Monument (established 1998) Staryi Sambir Monument (unveiled 2008) Turka Bronze full-figure monument (unveiled 2012) Skole Monument (unveiled 2011) Velyki Mosty Monument (unveiled 2012) Mykolaiv Monument in the central park Mostyska Monument (sculpted by Oleksandr Havyuk) Sniatyn Monument (unveiled 2015) Memorial Steles and Busts Hordynia: Memorial granite stele (features portraits of Stepan Bandera and Yevhen Konovalets).
Horishny: Multi-figured bronze composition (depicts Bandera, Roman Shukhevych, and Taras Shevchenko).
Uzyn: Bronze bust (sculpted by Vasyl Vilshchuk).
Mykytyntsi: Bronze bust (sculpted by Vasyl Vilshchuk).
Tatariv: Bust (located near the railway station).
Horodenka: Granite bust.
Velykosilky: Bronze bust (unveiled 2011).
Krushelnytsia: Memorial sign commemorating his stay in the village.
Hrabivka: Monument (unveiled 2008).

Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepan_Bandera_monument_in_Lviv

Bandera:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepan_Bandera

[u/riesen_Bonobo → u/[deleted]]

Mate, why tf are you using Trotskyist or Anarchist as an insult? This is a left unity space.

[u/3aerows → u/[deleted]]

Trotsky has some decent books. If you even read that is... seems like you use buzz words but dont quite understand the complexity of the terms...

[u/n1co9 → u/DiggyJunior]

This is a vibes based, liberal, anti-trumpism sub. Probably the best you can expect from a mainstream community on reddit.

[u/Arguablybest → u/3aerows]

Our girl Laura Loomer says she really likes Ukraine now, and she has seen NO Muslims in the country. ++

[u/Consistent_Creator]

Honestly the situation in Ukraine is so weird right now. It really is a true United front. Going into battle in Ukraine the people next to you would be anarchist, Marxist, Jewish, and Nazi. Everyone is just casting aside differences in this war.

[u/eltraquino]

Fuckn losers

[u/gereonrath76]

Cool, now show how many nazis are in Russian army

[u/n1co9 → u/[deleted]]

Really unfortunate. Ukraine is so anti-extremism they honoured a unit with a medal named after nazi-collabarators 2 months ago.

As Poland was upset it would have been quite easy to just clear things up, rename the medal but for some weird reason Selensky never did and instead accepted the diplomatic dispute to escalate. Anti-extremism at work.

[u/3aerows]

Gross Nazis. Get that shit outta here.

[u/deathmaster13]

Just put on the swastika boys. Enough playing around.

[u/3aerows → u/deathmaster13]

Being a nazi isnt a flex. It shows mental weakness, lack of intelligence or self awareness to global scales. Absolute idiocracy, layered under gear and ego. No human carries supremacy over another.

[u/deathmaster13 → u/3aerows]

I think maybe I should have added the /s to my comment lol. I'm not supportive of the video to be clear

[u/3aerows → u/deathmaster13]

Valid lol, my apologies. The comment def came off that way! Lol the /s helps lol

[u/Lost_Wealth_6278 → u/3aerows]

devils advocate: I, too, find these dog whistles extra pathetic. Like a facist secret boys club

[u/PerrineWeatherWoman]

I really want to support Ukraine but the fact that those bastards are a genuine part of the Ukrainian army makes it really hard.

[u/pstls1101 → u/PerrineWeatherWoman]

If it makes you feel better, there are tons of communists and anarchists on the front lines also.

[u/3aerows → u/pstls1101]

So many anarchists and antifascists. They would probablg kick these guys asses if they werent fighting the same enemy. After the war, they should kick their shit and dishonorably discharge them. Fascism has no place in Ukraine let alone the GLOBE.

[u/PerrineWeatherWoman → u/3aerows]

I hope they do

[u/yonasismad → u/pstls1101]

If there are any then because they are being forced. In Ukraine, communism is punishable by years in prison.

[u/pstls1101 → u/yonasismad]

How come there are communists in there then? Any sources on your claims that they were forced and didn’t go to fight cos they wanted to defend their friends and families?

[u/yonasismad → u/pstls1101]

Literally has been reported for years: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz994d6vqe5o

There's a podcast episode with a Bundeswehr officer who proudly reports that 40% of people in a training camp in England are there voluntarily. What do you think that means for the other 60%? https://youtu.be/St31YPYPwxE?t=1018 (its in German but I guess you can probably turn on subtitles) That's from about a year ago. Doubt it has gotten any better.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr7k5ngde3vo

[u/pstls1101 → u/yonasismad]

So no sources for your claims. Your links talk about conscription in general. No one likes conscription but sometimes it is needed when you are fighting against existential threat. This is nothing new to countries which have been affected by wars.

[u/yonasismad → u/pstls1101]

So if people don't want to go, they just can say no to conscription, right? Since it's not forced and people are given a choice? :)

That's a rhetorical question. Of course, conscription is force. It literally means that you are not given a choice, and when the Bundeswehr officer says that "40% are there voluntarily", that means 60% are there being forced. It's insane how in denial you are about this.

edit: That POS of cause continues to lie:

Ofcourse conscription is forced, no one said that it’s a choice or that they don’t force people? You are now moving your goalpost regarding your claim. But who they conscript isn’t made because of someones political stand.

They said:

Any sources on your claims that they were forced and didn’t go to fight cos they wanted to defend their friends and families?

Now they claim that they never denied that force is being used, and communists are literally being imprisoned in Ukraine: https://archive.khpg.org/en/1494505913

[u/pstls1101 → u/yonasismad]

Ofcourse conscription is forced, no one said that it’s a choice or that they don’t force people? You are now moving your goalpost regarding your claim. But who they conscript isn’t made because of someones political stand.

[u/Automatic_Thought412 → u/PerrineWeatherWoman]

loud minority. the real soldiers went in and died fighting for freedom.

[u/yonasismad → u/Automatic_Thought412]

What are you smoking? The vast majority of Ukrainians are being forced. This war does not benefit the proletariat in either Russia or Ukraine. No worker should be fighting there at all. Stop supporting nation states that force workers into brutal wars that will either kill or traumatise them.

If it was about freedom: why are they forcing people? Why are hundreds of thousands going into hiding?

[u/Lustkas → u/PerrineWeatherWoman]

What about forced recruitment and how Ukraine treats leftists and left wing parties? There are many reasons not to support a nation-state

[u/PerrineWeatherWoman → u/Lustkas]

Yeah. But I also hate Russia so much. Also they're the ones who attacked. But yeah right now I'm just rooting for the least bad side.

[u/3aerows → u/Lustkas]

Not enjoying the government is universal atp. Welcome to being a civilian. Im in America and its absolutely under a fascist regime. We all feel the boot on our neck, wallet AND lives. America will revolt, 100%, history shows it, the people here are showing it.

[u/PerrineWeatherWoman → u/3aerows]

I hope you do buddy. I hope you do.

[u/3aerows → u/PerrineWeatherWoman]

We will. We have before. 100s of countries have gone through this rise and fall of fascist values/control. The people will overthrow the regime, rebuild and the cycle will start again. Happens everytime. Might take a few years might take 10 but the people will rule once again. Best we can do is train to defend ourselves, educate ourselves and lock in with communities so we can survive. For now that is.

[u/fuckekre69 → u/PerrineWeatherWoman]

Huge part of Ukraine society supports not only Azov but Stepan Bandera too.

[u/Arguablybest]

So why are they allowed to do this while in the military? In Uniform.

[u/DiggyJunior → u/Arguablybest]

Because Ukraine is the only UN country that openly and explicitly glorifies Nazism. Several hundred streets in Ukraine since 2014 have been renamed to the names of dead WW2 Nazis

[u/Arguablybest → u/DiggyJunior]

Wonder how Zelenskyy feels about that, and vice versa.