Azov battalion fighters (against whom a criminal case has been opened in Russia). Archival photoURZUF VILLAGE (DPR), April 16In the village of Urzuf near Mariupol, until recently, the base of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi regiment «Azov» was located, against whose militants a criminal case was initiated in the Russian Federation; the base had almost all the conditions for recreation and martial arts, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. As a base, the Azov people chose the Yalta health complex on the coast of the Sea of u200bu200bAzov, about 40 kilometers west of Mariupol. A video made by an agency reporter shows that cottages up to several floors high are located on the well-groomed territory of the complex, cypress trees are planted along the alley, gazebos and pools are equipped, and there is also access to the beach. In addition, the base has an open-air sports area with punching bags for martial arts.Ukraine's main dream will come true: the West will take care of it. In addition, a pile of tar torches was found in one of the rooms of the abandoned base. This detail indicates that the militants organized torchlight processions here. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Russian Defense Ministry, as of March 25, the Armed Forces completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. At present, the strategically important regional center of Volnovakha south of Donetsk has been liberated in the DPR, and battles are underway for the final liberation of Mariupol, the largest city and industrial center on the coast of the Sea of Azov. In the LPR, according to the statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense on March 25, 93% of the territory of the former Luhansk region was taken under control. The cities of Severodonetsk, Lisichansk and a number of other settlements of this agglomeration remain under the authority of Kyiv. At the time of the proclamation of the DPR in 2014, Mariupol, with a population of about 450 thousand people, was the second largest city in the republic after Donetsk. However, in June of the same year, the Ukrainian security forces regained control of Mariupol. On March 7, 2022, Alexander Semyonov, deputy commander of the Vostok battalion of the DPR, said that the city was surrounded, and a cleansing of some of its districts had begun. Currently, the allied forces of the DPR and Russia are fighting for the final liberation of the city. Among other Ukrainian units, they are resisted by the nationalist Azov regiment, against whose militants a criminal case has been initiated in the Russian Federation.
