(11.8.2015) The Sheikh Mansur group also fight alongside the Azov Battalion, a pro-Kiev force whose alleged neo-Nazi views led the US to ban American soldiers from training and arming its members. The group denies having an extremist agenda, despite adopting a symbol almost identical to the Wolfsangel emblem associated with Nazi Germany. And Muslim insists Ukraine‘s disparate militias are fully united.

„We have a very good relationship with the volunteer battalions, including Azov,“ he told VICE News. „We fight together on the front, share many friendships, and never argue about ethnicity or religion.