Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he has made an assessment of whether the Azov regiment in Ukraine’s armed forces is a neo-Nazi or other far-right force.

We understand that the Azov battalion has an ultra-nationalist background, with founding members espousing white nationalist and ultra-nationalist views, as well as endorsing some Anti-Semitic views. Since being made a part of the Ukrainian National Guard in 2014, the battalion has made some efforts to de-politicise. All founding members left the battalion and formed a political party. We also understand that the Azov Battalion currently employs Jewish members.