"Does not meet the requirements": OPS reject petitions on Azov's weapons (infographics)

Azov fighters protect the civilized world daily, Denis Prokopenko stressed. The brigade needs modern Western weapons. The President's office rejects the petition to the Head of State to assist in unlocking the provision of weapons from the connecting states to the 12th Brigade of the Special Forces of Azov. This was reported by the team commander Denis Prokopenko.

He stressed that in 2022 Azov defended Mariupol with limited resources and outdated weapons models through amendments to US laws that have been in force since 2017, blocking "giving weapons and providing training or other assistance for the Azov battalion.

Denis Prokopenko emphasized that Azov fighters protect the civilized world daily and need support for modern weapons, but on the website of the President's official website, the request for help in unlocking military assistance was rejected twice. It is not published, " - said in response to the administration of the service.

It should be noted that in 2021 the Ukrainian government pledged not to allocate any assistance received from the United States within the framework of the law on assistance to foreign countries of 1961, also known as the Law" Likhi ", any unit of security forces, if the State Department has brought it to the" Black List. " It was this law that was applied against the Ukrainian Azov in 2017, in fact, because of this, fighters cannot receive assistance from the United States.

At the same time, Denis Prokopenko claims that all accusations against Azov have been denied many times, in particular, on Azov Contra Fake. In October 2019, 40 members of the House of Representatives signed an appeal to the then Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about the introduction of the Azov regiment to the list of international terrorist organizations.

The Congressman said that the Azov Regiment was connected with a terrorist who in March committed a shooting in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. As a result of the mass execution of people in two mosques, 50 people were killed. Sagittarius stated that he allegedly trained with the Azov Battalion in Ukraine, and constantly wore the symbol associated with it.

After that, the Ukrainian people's deputies wrote an official letter Mike Pompeo asking not to count the Azov battalion, which is a separate detachment of special purpose and is part of the National Guard of Ukraine, with terrorist organizations. We will remind, on April 19, the Committee on the Regulation of the House of Representatives of the USA posted 137 amendments made by Congressmen during the consideration of the draft law on assistance to Ukraine.