Azov Brigade

Azov drones can cut Russian logistics near Mariupol by 75 percent - video

Ukrainian forces cannot completely halt Russian logistics near Mariupol but can reduce the enemy's cargo traffic by approximately 75%, an officer of the Ukrainian National Guard's 1st Azov Brigade said in a recent interview with Radio NV.

28 May, 09:00 AM

Azov releases footage of strikes on Russian targets near Mariupol - video

Pilots from the Azov 1st Corps National Guard of Ukraine have intensified strikes against Russian targets near Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast and near the Russian border to cut off enemy logistics, the brigade reported on May 25.

25 May, 02:25 PM

Ukrainian drone ops against Mariupol logistics rattle Russian milbloggers — video

Reports of Ukrainian UAVs near Mariupol as part of Battlefield Air Interdiction (BAI) efforts targeting the occupiers' logistics have caused deep concern among Russian milbloggers, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on May 11.

12 May, 09:45 AM

Former UK MP Lopresti joins Ukraine’s Azov Brigade

Conservative politician Jack Lopresti, who sat in the UK parliament in 2010–2024, has joined Ukraine’s 12th Special Forces Brigade ‘Azov,’ Lopresti announced on Feb. 19.

20 February, 01:25 AM

First POW swap in months took place in record cold

Ukraine and Russia conducted a long-awaited prisoner-of-warexchange on Feb. 5, the first in several months after rumors about the corresponding negotiations had circulated since December 2025.

6 February, 08:09 PM

Azov FPV drones destroy two Russian Merlin-VR UAVs worth $600,000 — video

Fighters of Ukraine’s Azov 12th Special Forces Brigade destroyed two Russian Merlin-VR reconnaissance drones worth $600,000 using FPV drones, the unit reported on Feb. 2 alongside published footage of the strike.

2 February, 06:29 PM

Russia sentences 63-year-old Ukrainian to 24 years for treason

A Russian military court in Yekaterinburg sentenced Roman Sabadash, a native of Ukraine's Lviv Oblast, to 24 years in prison on charges of alleged "state treason," Russian outlet Mediazona reported on Sept. 19.

19 September 2025, 03:45 PM

Ukrainian forces halt Russian advance near Dobropillia

The situation near the city of Dobropillia in Donetsk Oblast, where Russian forces had been advancing rapidly, is now stabilizing, General Staff spokesperson Andrii Kovalyov told Interfax-Ukraine on Aug. 14.

14 August 2025, 10:00 AM

Pokrovsk nearly encircled, former Azov commander warns

Pokrovsk and nearby Myrnohrad in Donetsk Oblast are nearly completely encircled by advancing Russian troops, former chief of staff of the 12th Special Forces Brigade Azov, Lt. Col. Bohdan Krotevych, said on Aug. 11.

12 August 2025, 01:20 AM

K-2 unit tests new Ukrainian drone with double the warhead

The Ukrainian military is testing a new version of the DARTS strike drone with double the warhead, according to NV journalist Serhiy Okunev on July 25.

25 July 2025, 09:56 PM

German AfD politician accuses Azov Brigade of ethnic cleansing

Jörg Urban, a politician from Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, accused Ukraine’s National Guard Azov Brigade of alleged Nazism and ethnic cleansing, according to his Instagram post on June 30.

1 July 2025, 04:55 PM

Ukraine charges Russian judges with war crimes over POW sentences

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has collected evidence and officially charged two Russian military judges in absentia with war crimes for sentencing two captured Ukrainian soldiers to 18 years in a maximum-security penal colony.

4 June 2025, 02:25 PM

Azov officer: Russia pushing through Pokrovsk axis with FPV drone strikes

Officer from Ukraine’s 12th Azov Brigade with the callsign Lyric speaks to Radio NV about Russia’s recent gains along the Pokrovsk-Toretsk axis and the Ukrainian Defense Forces' efforts to stabilize the front.

30 May 2025, 11:13 AM

Grenade explosion kills Stavropol deputy mayor behind 2022 Mariupol bombings

A grenade explosion in the Russian city of Stavropol killed two men on May 29, including Deputy Mayor Zaur Gurtsiyev, a former Russian Air Force officer who helped lead the aerial assault on Mariupol during Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russian media reported.

29 May 2025, 10:21 AM

More than half of Azovstal’s defenders now liberated from Russian captivity

1,279 Ukrainian soldiers, who defended Azovstal in Mariupol in 2022 have been released from Russian captivity, 455 of them are from the Azov Brigade, HUR representative Andrii Yusov said in an interview with Radio Liberty on May 28.

29 May 2025, 09:14 AM

Russian court sentences Ukrainian to 10 years for Azov donation

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don convicted Stanislav Rudenko, a resident of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Oblast, to a decade behind bars on terrorism charges, the court’s Telegram page reported on April 1.

1 April 2025, 07:50 PM

Ukrainian forces repel Russian attack near Pokrovsk, but enemy captures two villages nearby

Ukrainian Defense Forces have repelled a Russian attack near Pokrovsk, pushing back the enemy from the key route between Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka near the settlement of Malynivka in Donetsk Oblast, the DeepState monitoring group reported on Feb. 19.

19 February 2025, 03:06 PM

Azov soldiers still largely excluded from POW exchanges

During the latest prisoner exchange on Feb. 5, which saw the return of 150 Ukrainians, no soldiers of the National Guard's 12th Special Purpose Brigade ‘Azov’ were released, according to brigade commander Denys Prokopenko.

5 February 2025, 11:49 PM

Ukraine’s battlefield fortifications often poorly planned, officer says

Ukrainian battlefield fortifications are sometimes constructed with little thought and zero planning, Denys Prokopenko, the commander of National Guard's 12th Special Purpose Brigade Azov, said in a Facebook post on Jan. 17.

17 January 2025, 08:55 PM

Azov Brigade captures 20+ Russian soldiers in Toretsk sector

Fighters of the National Guard's 12th Special Purpose Azov Brigade captured 23 Russian soldiers in the Toretsk sector, the military wrote on Jan. 16.

16 January 2025, 07:55 AM

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