“…referring to the “Leahy Law” that prevents U.S. military assistance from going to foreign units credibly found to have committed major human rights violations.”
Hmmm…
Try reading the rest of the article!
“I’m just gonna pretend I didn’t see that…”
After thorough review, Ukraine’s 12th Special Forces Azov Brigade passed Leahy vetting as carried out by the U.S. Department of State.
This is the scentence preceding your quote.
My comment was about the enforcement of the law historically in other conflicts than Ukraine.
Wow. Bunch of ruscists in the comments.
So, the unit was banned over a decade ago (when they where still a militia) and accusations of human rights violations where levied against it but never proven.
- In 2015 the militia was absorbed into the Ukranian national guard after the Russians invaded Crimea.
- Since the unit has shown they follow chain of command and are excellent warfighters defending Ukraine.
- The US has vetted the unit and found no proof of the accusations levied pre 2015, and no issues since they are official military.
Seems like an elite unit is about to get access to some of the cool toys.
