View of Mariupol in the direction of the Azovstal metallurgical plantMARIUPOL, 23 Apr. At the base of the National Regiment» Azov» (a criminal case has been initiated against them in Russia) a lot of nationalist symbols and literature were found in Mariupol, RIA Novosti correspondent reports from the scene. «Recently, we were at the Azov base in Urzuf, where it is located on the territory of a health center. Judging by in terms of the surrounding atmosphere, this branch of Azov in the city of Mariupol will be very different,” the journalist says, demonstrating the entrance to the base on video. According to him, “when the leaders of Azov, blocked at Azovstal, upload videos, where they say that they are not Nazis, but just patriots, this, of course, sounds somewhat ridiculous, because then (they) had to at least get rid of a huge amount of propaganda materials, similar things (demonstrates) at their bases. However, «given their huge number, under such conditions, we understand that it was impossible to do this,» he said. In particular, the base has stickers with White power symbols, the numbers «88», the flags of the «Right Sector» *, slogans in Ukrainian «Communists will hang on the trees instead of leaves.» Nationalist literature was also found — a book about Bandera, a nationalist magazine, the book «Will Against Slavery. Russia Against Russia». The Nazi base was destroyed by Russian artillery. * An extremist organization banned in Russia. 2022/04/04e2b3020121e6a1d745436b51dcdb2d.jpg» />In Ukraine, Russia is changing tactics, but not strategy
