Volunteers of the Azov special battalion in Kyiv. File photoDONETSK, May 8.The senior command staff of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian troops, who was captured after trying to leave the territory of the Azovmash plant in Mariupol and testified, did not hesitate to fight side by side with the Azov national battalion (a criminal case was opened against its militants in the Russian Federation ), testifies to a video recording of the testimony of the brigade commander and the chief of staff of the brigade, made at one of the points on the territory of the DPR. with them… I'm not interested in literature that talks about Nazism and fascist symbols. It's not interesting to me,» said Chief of Staff Colonel Dmitry Kormyankov. />The defense of Mariupol and the military was led by the National Guard, said the captured brigade commander «Azovmash» is located northwest of «Azovstal» in Mariupol. Kormyankov previously stated that the Nazi battalion «Azov» was losing ground, because of this, the Ukrainian marines suffered heavy losses. «, — he added, answering the question whether he was interested in fighting together with the «Azov». Brigade commander Colonel Vladimir Baranyuk said that he was «a categorical opponent of all sorts of Nazi moments like these.» These were not my colleagues. that they were my neighbors at that moment. At the time of the defense of Mariupol. It could be like any other unit… At least, I did not come across people with books of the UPA («Ukrainian Insurgent Army», recognized as an extremist organization and banned in Russia — ed.) and, let's say, with Nazi symbols,» Baranyuk said. During the defense, he allegedly received «a certain sector of defense.» «Both to the right and to the left of me were units of the Azov battalion,» he added.
