Tuesday, June 11, 2024

US withdraws years-long ban on providing weapons to ‘Azov battalion’

The US Administration authorized the handover of US-made weapons to the Azov nationalist regiment [deemed terrorist and outlawed in Russia], The Washington Post reported, citing a US Department of State statement.
According to the report, the Azov regiment passed a vetting under the so-called "Leahy law" that prevents US military aid from going to foreign units found to have committed major human rights violations. The Department of State found "no evidence" of such violations, the statement says.

Back in 2017, then-President Donald Trump signed a law on federal government funding, which included an amendment, which prohibited the Pentagon from spending funds, allocated for military aid to Ukraine, to provide any aid to the Azov.

2 comments:

  1. The US administration has lifted the ban on arms supplies to Ukraine's terrorist Azov battalion (banned in Russia), The Washington Post newspaper reported, citing the US State Department.
    The formation has passed the State Department's inspection for compliance with the Leahy Law, which prohibits the provision of US military assistance to foreign units convicted of serious human rights violation, the report added.

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  2. Власти США сняли запрет на поставки оружия украинскому националистическому батальону «Азов»* (террористическая организация, запрещена в РФ). Об этом сообщает газета Washington Post.

    «Украинская 12-я бригада специального назначения "Азов"* прошла проверку на соответствие критериям закона Лихи, проведенную госдепартаментом», - сообщило издание.

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