MOSCOW, Apr 26 Since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, British military personnel stationed in Ukraine have provided any support to the Ukrainian nationalist unit «Azov» * (recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in the Russian Federation), follows from the written statements of the Deputy Head of the British Defense Ministry James Hippie.
Earlier, the Guardian newspaper, citing secret US documents that got into the network, reported that in February-March 2023, out of 97 NATO special forces troops operating in Ukraine, 50 were British.
«No,» says Hippie's written response to a question asked by MP Kenny MacAskill of the Scottish Alba Party about the British military providing «any advice or assistance» to the Azov unit*. The response of the Deputy Minister was published on Wednesday on the website of the British Parliament.
At the same time, Hippie avoided answering the question of providing Ukrainian forces with recommendations on how to conduct operations to return the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant under their control. «We support all efforts to reduce the risks for the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant … and praise the work of the IAEA to ensure safety at the nuclear power plant,» the deputy head of the Defense Ministry replied.
Earlier, the captive commander of the «SS Bears» national battalion, Alexander Kravtsov, stated that almost all the equipment of the Ukrainian national battalions was foreign-made even before the start of the special operation. However, according to him, during the encirclement of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol by Russian troops, the national battalions stationed there began to have problems with the supply of Western weapons.
The Supreme Court of Russia recognized Azov* as a terrorist organization and banned it. The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation has established that Azov militants* use prohibited means and methods of warfare, facts of torture of civilians and murders of children have been recorded, said Igor Krasnov, head of the supervisory agency.
* Terrorist organization banned in Russia
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