Ukrainian fighters grease bullets against Chechens with pig fat
A video shared by National Guard of Ukraine shows Azov fighters dipping bullets to be used against Muslim Chechen fighters in pig fat.
The National Guard of Ukraine has shared a video on its Twitter account that appears to show Azov fighters greasing bullets with pig fat, ostensibly to be used against against Muslim Chechens deployed to their country as Russia steps up its military assault on Ukraine.
Azov, a far-right all-volunteer infantry military unit, are ultra-nationalists who are accused of harbouring neo-Nazi and white supremacist ideology. They first fought alongside the Ukrainian army in the east of the country in 2014 against pro-Russia separatists and have since been incorporated into the regular armed forces.
Maybe the Turks could too, and take their drones with them.Perhaps the Chechens could go home in protest.
I don’t think the drones are covered in pig fatMaybe the Turks could too, and take their drones with them.
Bacon tastes really good and it has pig fatFundings
The unit received backing from Ukraine’s interior minister in 2014, as the government had recognised its own military was too weak to fight off the pro-Russian separatists and relied on paramilitary volunteer forces.
These forces were privately funded by oligarchs, the most known being Igor Kolomoisky, an energy magnate billionaire and then-governor of the Dnipropetrovska region.
In addition to Azov, Kolomoisky funded other volunteer battalions such as the Dnipro 1 and Dnipro 2, Aidar and Donbas units.
Azov received early funding and assistance from another oligarch: Serhiy Taruta, the billionaire governor of Donetsk region.
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Denies adhering to Nazi ideology
In 2015, Andriy Diachenko, the spokesperson for the regiment at the time said that 10 to 20 per cent of Azov’s recruits were Nazis.
The unit has denied it adheres to Nazi ideology as a whole, but Nazi symbols such as the 'Hakenkreuz' and SS regalia are rife on the uniforms and bodies of Azov members.
For instance, the uniform carries the neo-Nazi Wolfsangel symbol. The group said it is merely an amalgam of the letters “N” and “I” which represent “national idea”.
Individual members have professed to being neo-Nazis, and hardcore far-right ultra-nationalism is pervasive among members.
In January 2018, Azov rolled out its street patrol unit called National Druzhyna to “restore” order in the capital, Kyiv. Instead, the unit carried out pogroms against the Roma community and attacked members of the LGBTQ community.
“Ukraine is the world’s only nation to have a neo-Nazi formation in its armed forces,” a correspondent for the US-based magazine, the Nation, wrote in 2019.
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Human rights violations and war crimes
A 2016 report by the United Nations office of the high commissioner for Human Rights (OCHA) has accused the Azov regiment of violating international humanitarian law.
The report detailed incidents over a period from November 2015-February 2016 where Azov had embedded their weapons and forces in used civilian buildings, and displaced residents after looting civilian properties. The report also accused the battalion of raping and torturing detainees in the Donbas region.
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Recent video
Recently as Ukraine as been battered by the Russia forces, Ukraine’s national guard tweeted a video showing Azov fighters coating their bullets in pig fat to be used allegedly against Muslim Chechens, allies of Russia, deployed in their country.
Azov has also been involved in training civilians through military exercises in the run-up to Russia’s invasion.
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A grande covered in pig fat would also probably work tooConsidering what Russia did to Chechnya pretty recently, any Chechen who would serve Russia in Ukraine richly deserves to be killed by a bullet coated in pig fat.
They don't actually have to do that. They just have to make the enemy believe they're doing that.So Americans, Russians, Brits, French, Israelis, Greeks, Indians, Thais, Filipinos, etc have all fought against enemy forces consisting of Muslim combatants.
I've never heard of any of them dipping their bullets in pig fat.
Ukrainian fighters grease bullets against Chechens with pig fat
Video shared by National Guard of Ukraine shows Azov fighters dipping bullets to be used on Chechen fighters in pig fat.www.aljazeera.com
They don't actually have to do that. They just have to make the enemy believe they're doing that.
The Israeli IDF found that in some circumstances they shouldn't put women soldiers into the field because the enemy wouldn't surrender if they knew they faced women. A regimental mutiny in India was caused by rumours that a new drill around loading cartridges in rifles required biting the end off a cartridge that had been greased with pig fat.
Misinformation can be useful when anything useful should be used.
All that's gonna do is foul your weapon.So Americans, Russians, Brits, French, Israelis, Greeks, Indians, Thais, Filipinos, etc have all fought against enemy forces consisting of Muslim combatants.
I've never heard of any of them dipping their bullets in pig fat.
Ukrainian fighters grease bullets against Chechens with pig fat
Video shared by National Guard of Ukraine shows Azov fighters dipping bullets to be used on Chechen fighters in pig fat.www.aljazeera.com
BAcon is my favorite food group.Bacon tastes really good and it has pig fat
I just love people who think there is honor in making war. They seem to think that it is not organized destruction and murder. If you're down to murdering people and breaking their shit, does it really matter how you do it?Why is it somehow civilized to even make your enemy think you're doing that, as distinct from actually doing that?
By analogy, one doesn't actually have to rape female combatants, but merely loudly brag about raping female combatants, in order to produce a particular psychological effect among the enemy.
So should one loudly brag about such things, even when not actually doing them?
I don't think that's what any self-respecting professional soldier or state should do.
What a stupid analogy.Why is it somehow civilized to even make your enemy think you're doing that, as distinct from actually doing that?
By analogy, one doesn't actually have to rape female combatants, but merely loudly brag about raping female combatants, in order to produce a particular psychological effect among the enemy.
So should one loudly brag about such things, even when not actually doing them?
I don't think that's what any self-respecting professional soldier or state should do.
You've never lived in a country that was invaded by a very strong, aggressive neighbour and had to fight for your life.Why is it somehow civilized to even make your enemy think you're doing that, as distinct from actually doing that?
By analogy, one doesn't actually have to rape female combatants, but merely loudly brag about raping female combatants, in order to produce a particular psychological effect among the enemy.
So should one loudly brag about such things, even when not actually doing them?
I don't think that's what any self-respecting professional soldier or state should do.
That's all you have to say about what's possibly a war crime?Perhaps the Chechens could go home in protest.
Is telling Muslim enemies that you dip your bullets in pig fat a war crime? What a stupid thing to say.That's all you have to say about what's possibly a war crime?
Ok, and...?So Americans, Russians, Brits, French, Israelis, Greeks, Indians, Thais, Filipinos, etc have all fought against enemy forces consisting of Muslim combatants.
I've never heard of any of them dipping their bullets in pig fat.
Ukrainian fighters grease bullets against Chechens with pig fat
Video shared by National Guard of Ukraine shows Azov fighters dipping bullets to be used on Chechen fighters in pig fat.www.aljazeera.com
Deflection noted and dismissed.Is telling Muslim enemies that you dip your bullets in pig fat a war crime?
I wonder how your opinion might change if you lived in a country that had been invaded by a very strong neighbour and you were fighting for your country's existance. Me, I'd welcome any ruse that might help my cause.
"Possibly" as in you just made it up?That's all you have to say about what's possibly a war crime?
I've heard things of this nature for decades.So Americans, Russians, Brits, French, Israelis, Greeks, Indians, Thais, Filipinos, etc have all fought against enemy forces consisting of Muslim combatants.
I've never heard of any of them dipping their bullets in pig fat.
Ukrainian fighters grease bullets against Chechens with pig fat
Video shared by National Guard of Ukraine shows Azov fighters dipping bullets to be used on Chechen fighters in pig fat.www.aljazeera.com
GoodThis is a weird ritual
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