“There is nazification: the captured militants and battalions of Azov, Aidar and other units wear the symbol and tattoos of the swastika on their clothes, on their bodies, of the Nazi Waffen-SS battalions, openly read and propagate Mein Kampf,” the minister said. in an interview with the Italian television company Mediaset.
On April 22, the RIA Novosti agency reported that the sabotage Nazi formation "SS Bears" was located on the basis of the Azov national battalion near Mariupol.
Also, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Ukrainian militants who wear military uniforms with stripes of the SS division "Galicia" scum.
In addition, the German government reported that neo-Nazis from Germany sent aid to the Azov militants.
In June last year, the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine during the plenary session rejected a bill to prevent the legalization of Nazism and the glorification of war criminals.
Also, Ukraine, together with the United States, became the only countries that voted against the adoption by the UN General Assembly of Russia's resolution to combat the glorification of Nazism.