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Ukrainian white nationalists and white nationalist groups such as Azov Battalion have been rounding up what they are calling traitors to the cause, but most just seem like Russian-speaking Ukrainians, which are then tied to lamp posts and beaten publically.
There is even a video of a father and his young son with their faces painted blue, saran-wrapped to a pole.
The Azov began as a military infantry unit made up of civilian volunteers drawn from far-right, neo-Nazi groups that were active in Ukraine, such as the Patriot of Ukraine gang and the Social National Assembly (SNA).
In 2016, the Azov set up its political wing, the National Corps Party, under the leadership of Andriy Biletsky, an ultra-Nationalist who was a Member of Parliament from 2014 to 2019 and has said on record it is Ukraine’s mission to “lead the white races of the world in a final crusade… against Semite-led Untermenschen [inferior humans]”.
Different human rights bodies, including the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Amnesty International, have accused Azov fighters, along with those form other volunteer battalions, of human rights violations, including torture, kidnappings, and extra-judicial executions.