Every now and then on telegram there are photos of pows covered in tattoos or swastikas, photorealistic images of Hitler, alongside Ukrainian nationalist symbols like the trizub. So they are definitely still around. As others have said, the Azov battalion (now regiment, they’re an official part of the AFU) are only one such organization, many others exist and even outside of those explicitly fascist paramilitary orgs, there are plenty of ‘regular’ AFU soldiers who are avowed fascists or at the very least Banderites.

On top of that, the government itself is still explicitly fond of Bandera and other historical monsters like him, they are still acting with genocidal intent towards the population of the south and east of the Ukraine, they still promote the idea of Russians as sub-human “orcs”.

Lastly there is a really sharp and… tbh I think maybe irreperable divide now between the western, nationalist Ukrainians who have been poisoned by fascist indoctrination from emigrés returning since the 90s and the eastern, pro-Russian, or Soviet-nostalgic Ukrainians on the other. It would take generations at this point to reconcile, and frankly, if the nationalists are going to keep upholding Nazi collaborators and perpetrators of the holocaust, I don’t think reconciliation is even worthwhile. But hey, they’ll fit right in with the fascist and colonial apologia of the west now :P

It should be noted that Azov is but one of many Nazi batallions. There are also some armeed groups that may not be listed as “official military”, i.e. the Right Sector.

Otherwise, no the operation is far from done. There are still forces shelling Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and hydroelectric dam. There are still forces shelling Donetsk and even Russian territory proper - i.e. Belgorod oblast.

Now how many are left and how ling it will last is a good question. Looking back at Chechnya, there were sporadic flame-ups of conflict and armed assaults by paramilitaries for several years after the second campaign was officially over. For example there was an attack on Nalchik around 2007. Thus even after the campaign is officially over, it would only take a couple of squads of these psychos to start hostilities all over again.

And lastly, please refrain from referring to Azovites as “warriors”. Such a term carries certain connotations and is used by western media on purpose. They are paramilitaries, Nazis, bandits. And some, I assume, are official armed forces personell.

Hard to tell the exact state since Ukraine started cracking down on the spread of information. Azov itself seems to be mostly gone, Russians recently claimed they’ve destroyed Kraken’s combat capablity. Right sector units are definitely still fighting, Aidar afaik too, Donbass national battalion is still active and smaller unit names you’ve never heard about pop up every now and then.

I think it’s fair to say they’ve suffered heavy losses just by virtue of them often being the most well-trained, equipped and motivated units and therefore seeing heavy combat since the beginning (eg Mariupol). How much is left, how much they’re being reinforced, if they’ve simply integrated into regular units is impossible to tell for randos like us I reckon.

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My understanding is that the majority of fighters are now conscripts, that the nato trained forces (nazis) are all pretty much dead. I’m sure some survivors are distributed throughout but 90% are dead or captured.

I still think the entire Special Tasks Patrol Police needs dismantling, this organisation was created in the image of the SS as an expansion of Azov by fascists the fascists that took over the Ministry of Internal Affairs after the coup.

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