US lifts ban on sending weapons to a controversial Ukrainian military unit

US lifts ban on sending weapons to Ukraine’s controversial Azov brigade

Washington says ‘no evidence’ of abuses in unit, which was originally set up as a volunteer force in 2014.

US Lifts Weapon Transfer Ban for Azov Brigade

The lift would allow Ukraine’s Azov Brigade to access US weapons and training after a 6-year ban imposed by Washington in relation to the extremist views held by some of the group’s founders.

The US lifts a ban on sending weapons to a controversial Ukrainian military unit

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. has lifted a ban on providing American weapons and training to a controversial Ukrainian military unit that was key to the defense of the major port city of Mariupol, the State Department said on Tuesday. The Azov Brigade is among Ukraine’s most effective and popular fighting units but it […]

U.S. lifts weapons and training ban on Ukraine's Azov Brigade

The State Department reversed decade-old restrictions on the unit of Ukrainian forces known as the Azov Brigade.