NATIONAL GUARD

In 2014, the Azov militia was folded into  Ukraine’s National Guard - a military wing of the interior ministry. Kyiv says it has been reformed away from its radical origins and that it has nothing to do with politics

“They are the official army of our state. Anyone  who wanted to be involved in politics - they left and are now in politics. Those who decided to serve in the Armed Forces became part of the Armed Forces,” President Volodymyr Zelensky told Greek channel ERT