HERE IS A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN MYTHS ABOUT AZOV AND A DETAILED RATIONALE THAT DEBUNKS THEM.
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Russian-blown barracks with Azov prisoners of war. Olenivka, 2022
During the 9 years of the Russian-Ukrainian war, independent international organizations and monitoring groups have not recorded any war crimes committed by representatives of Azov. Accusations of such crimes are not supported by facts or evidence.
MYTH 8: AZOV SOLDIERS COMMITTED WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS AND PRISONERS OF WAR
This myth has been constructed by Russian propaganda with the inherent cynicism of the Putin regime with one main goal: to accuse Ukrainians, without any proof, of what Russian servicemen commit themselves.
Moreover, many monitoring missions have discontinued their operations in Ukraine shortly after the start of the full-scale Russian invasion. OSCE has discontinued its operations on 31 March 2022. Therefore, all Russian media accusations about alleged war crimes committed by the Azov soldiers have no factual backing from an independent third party i.e. a special monitoring mission.
On the night of 28-29 July 2022, Russians blew up the barracks with 198 Azov prisoners of war, blaming the Ukrainian side for the shelling. 53 people were killed and the rest were wounded to varying degrees of severity. The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) denies the possibility that the barracks was shelled from the outside and suggests that the explosion took place internally. Representatives also claim that the explosion was not the result of a HIMARS missile strike. Russian authorities did not allow representatives of independent organizations and media to the scene of the incident to investigate what had happened.
This myth has been constructed by Russian propaganda with the inherent cynicism of the Putin regime with one main goal: to accuse Ukrainians, without any proof, of what Russian servicemen commit themselves.
MYTH 8: AZOV SOLDIERS COMMITTED WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS AND PRISONERS OF WAR
Russian-blown barracks with Azov prisoners of war. Olenivka, 2022
During the 9 years of the Russian-Ukrainian war, independent international organizations and monitoring groups have not recorded any war crimes committed by representatives of Azov. Accusations of such crimes are not supported by facts or evidence.
Moreover, many monitoring missions have discontinued their operations in Ukraine shortly after the start of the full-scale Russian invasion. OSCE has discontinued its operations on 31 March 2022. Therefore, all Russian media accusations about alleged war crimes committed by the Azov soldiers have no factual backing from an independent third party i.e. a special monitoring mission.
On the night of 28-29 July 2022, Russians blew up the barracks with 198 Azov prisoners of war, blaming the Ukrainian side for the shelling. 53 people were killed and the rest were wounded to varying degrees of severity. The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) denies the possibility that the barracks was shelled from the outside and suggests that the explosion took place internally. Representatives also claim that the explosion was not the result of a HIMARS missile strike. Russian authorities did not allow representatives of independent organizations and media to the scene of the incident to investigate what had happened.