Difference between revisions of "Andriy Biletsky"
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the leader of the [[Ukrainian]] political party National Corps. From 2014 until 2019 Biletsky was a member of Ukrainian parliament. | the leader of the [[Ukrainian]] political party National Corps. From 2014 until 2019 Biletsky was a member of Ukrainian parliament. | ||
| − | In 2010, Biletsky said that the Ukrainian nation's mission is to "lead the white races of the world in a final crusade...against Semite-led Untermenschen (Subhumans)". Biletsky is also known as ''White Leader'',<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/18/inside-azov-neo-nazi-brigade-killing-russian-generals-playing/</ref> and in 2013 he wrote a brochure called ''The Word of the White Leader''.<ref>https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/28512571.html</ref> | + | In 2010, Biletsky said that the Ukrainian nation's mission is to "lead the white races of the world in a final crusade...against Semite-led Untermenschen (Subhumans)". Biletsky is also known as ''White Leader'',<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/18/inside-azov-neo-nazi-brigade-killing-russian-generals-playing/</ref> and in 2013 he wrote a brochure called ''The Word of the White Leader''.<ref>https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/28512571.html</ref> Since 2014, the [[BBC]],<ref name="Ukraine vote">{{Cite news |date=24 October 2014 |title=Ukraine vote could push the country into chaos |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29755967 |quote=Andrei Biletsky, a white supremacist commander}}</ref> ''[[The Independent]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sommerlad |first1=Joe |title=Who are Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-azov-battalion-mariupol-neo-nazis-b2043022.html |access-date=5 May 2022 |work=The Independent |date=24 March 2022 |quote=It was organised by Andriy Biletsky, a white supermacist former football hooligan}}</ref> and ''The Moscow Times''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Josh |date=20 July 2015 |title=Ukraine Should Beware the Azov Extremists |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2015/07/20/ukraine-should-beware-the-azov-extremists-a48402 |website=The Moscow Times}}</ref> have described Biletsky as a [[white supremacist]]. |
During the 2014 U.S.-backed [[Euromaidan coup]], members of the Biletsky's Patriot of Ukraine were among the founders of the notorious fascist [[Right Sector]] on 28 November 2013. On 12 March 2014, Biletsky became a party leader in special operations for the "Right Sector - East," which included such regions as Poltava, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Luhansk oblasts. On 5 May 2014, in Berdyansk Biletsky became a founder of the Azov Battalion (as a territorial battalion of patrol service), and its first commander. | During the 2014 U.S.-backed [[Euromaidan coup]], members of the Biletsky's Patriot of Ukraine were among the founders of the notorious fascist [[Right Sector]] on 28 November 2013. On 12 March 2014, Biletsky became a party leader in special operations for the "Right Sector - East," which included such regions as Poltava, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Luhansk oblasts. On 5 May 2014, in Berdyansk Biletsky became a founder of the Azov Battalion (as a territorial battalion of patrol service), and its first commander. | ||
Revision as of 22:52, July 30, 2022
Andriy Biletsky (b. 1979) was the first commander of the Azov Battalion and a co-founder of the nationalist movement Socialist National party. He is presently the leader of the Ukrainian political party National Corps. From 2014 until 2019 Biletsky was a member of Ukrainian parliament.
In 2010, Biletsky said that the Ukrainian nation's mission is to "lead the white races of the world in a final crusade...against Semite-led Untermenschen (Subhumans)". Biletsky is also known as White Leader,[1] and in 2013 he wrote a brochure called The Word of the White Leader.[2] Since 2014, the BBC,[3] The Independent[4] and The Moscow Times[5] have described Biletsky as a white supremacist.
During the 2014 U.S.-backed Euromaidan coup, members of the Biletsky's Patriot of Ukraine were among the founders of the notorious fascist Right Sector on 28 November 2013. On 12 March 2014, Biletsky became a party leader in special operations for the "Right Sector - East," which included such regions as Poltava, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Luhansk oblasts. On 5 May 2014, in Berdyansk Biletsky became a founder of the Azov Battalion (as a territorial battalion of patrol service), and its first commander.
On 13 June 2014, Biletsky led his detachment in the First Battle of Mariupol. On 2 August 2014, Biletsky, holding a rank of Major of Militsiya, was awarded the Order For Courage (III degree) by the newly U.S.-installed Maidan regime and promoted to lieutenant colonel of police on 15 August 2014.
On 10 December 2014, Biletsky announced that the Patriot of Ukraine suspended its activities as a political organization due to the Donbas war, and would be absorbed primarily into the Azov Battalion.
References
- ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/18/inside-azov-neo-nazi-brigade-killing-russian-generals-playing/
- ↑ https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/28512571.html
- ↑ "Ukraine vote could push the country into chaos", BBC News, 24 October 2014. “Andrei Biletsky, a white supremacist commander”
- ↑ "Who are Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion?", The Independent, 24 March 2022. “It was organised by Andriy Biletsky, a white supermacist former football hooligan”
- ↑ Cohen, Josh (20 July 2015). Ukraine Should Beware the Azov Extremists.