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

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By Radina Gigova, Olga Voitovych and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — The United States has lifted a ban on sending weapons and training to the Ukrainian Azov brigade, which played a vital role in the defense of the port city of Mariupol, but had a controversial past.

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  1. The Republic

    US lifts weapons ban on a high-profile Ukrainian military unit with a checkered past (opens The Republic)

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    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. has removed restrictions on the transfer of American weapons and training to a high-profile Ukrainian military unit with a checkered past, the State Department said on Tuesday.

  2. Anchorage Daily News

    US lifts ban on sending weapons to controversial Ukrainian military unit (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    The Azov Brigade is among Ukraine’s most effective and popular fighting units.

  3. Washington Times

    U.S. lifts ban on sending weapons to a controversial Ukrainian military unit (opens Washington Times)

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    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.

  4. Green Field Reporter

    US lifts weapons ban on a high-profile Ukrainian military unit with a checkered past - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. has removed restrictions on the transfer of American weapons and training to a high-profile Ukrainian military unit with a checkered past, the State Department said on Tuesday.

  5. Time

    U.S. Lifts Weapons Ban on Ukraine's Far Right Azov Brigade (opens Time)

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    The brigade has a checkered past but is one of the country's most effective and popular fighting units.

  6. Military.com

    US Lifts Ban on Sending Weapons to a Controversial Ukrainian Military Unit (opens Military.com)

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    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.

  7. Portland Press Herald

    U.S. lifts ban on sending weapons to controversial Ukrainian military unit (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The U.S. had banned the regiment from using American weapons, citing the neo-Nazi ideology of some of its founders.

  8. CBS News

    U.S. lifts weapons and training ban on Ukraine's Azov Brigade (opens CBS News)

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

  9. Military Times

    US lifts weapons ban on controversial Ukrainian military unit (opens Military Times)

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    The U.S. had banned the regiment from using American weapons, citing the neo-Nazi ideology of some of its founders.

  10. Breitbart News

    Biden Lets Ukraine's 'Pro-Nazi' Azov Brigade Use American Weapons (opens Breitbart News)

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    The State Department says Ukraine’s controversial Azov Brigade will no longer be banned from receiving American weapons and training.

  11. NBC News

    U.S. lifts weapons ban on controversial Ukrainian military unit (opens NBC News)

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    The United States has lifted its ban on the use of American weapons by the Azov Brigade, which could help Ukraine counter Russia’s battlefield advance.

  12. Al Jazeera

    US lifts ban on sending weapons to Ukraine’s controversial Azov brigade (opens Al Jazeera)

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

  13. Local News 8

    US lifts ban on sending weapons to Ukraine’s Azov brigade (opens Local News 8)

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    By Radina Gigova, Olga Voitovych and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — The United States has lifted a ban on sending weapons and training to the Ukrainian Azov brigade, which played a vital role in the defense of the port city of Mariupol, but had a controversial past.

  14. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    US lifts ban on Ukrainian military unit (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    KYIV, Ukraine -- 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.

  15. The Kyiv Independent

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