« Fascist Battalion »: French neo-Nazis are fighting in Ukraine – Raphael Schmeller, Berliner Zeitung

Featuring SS symbols and swastika tattoos, a unit of French neo-Nazis is reportedly recruiting soldiers to fight alongside the Ukrainian army

« Fascist Battalion »: French neo-Nazis are fighting in Ukraine – Raphael Schmeller, Berliner Zeitung

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Legion Pirates Reconnaissance Group

Commando Pirates is a unit of Revanche International as part of the Revanche Tactical group.

The group was officially formed in 2023 by French volunteers with affiliations to the Centuria movement in Ukraine. The fighters had ideological motivations similar to the movement, and found themselves initially in the ranks of the Revanche Tactical Group.

At some point in late 2023, the members of the group transferred to the ranks of the 3rd Assault Brigade, where they served and fought with the brigade during the fall of Avdiivka in early 2024 to help evacuate Ukrainian forces from the city. It was formerly known as the Brennus Platoon.

In June 2025, the unit officially joined Revanche International as the Reconnaissance Group “Aggressive” as a squad-sized formation.

In late September 2025, the unit was renamed Commando Pirates.

Mad Max Russians: Their New Tactic / Stanislav Krapivnik & Lt Col Daniel Davis

Mad Max Russians: Their New Tactic / Stanislav Krapivnik & Lt Col Daniel Davis

I couldn’t capture any clips this morning, but towards the end, Stanislav mentions that the Ukrainians are selling certain weapons and equipment to the Russians, which the Russians are then reverse engineering. He also mentions that it’s troops from the West running the HIMARS and Patriot systems.

Future Global Order Pivots on Ukraine Proxy War

Russia’s gradual advance in the Donbass region appears to be forming an operational encirclement of Ukraine’s last major defensive line—its “fortress belt”—a development that could decide not only the fate of the war but also the shape of the emerging global order.

Future Global Order Pivots on Ukraine Proxy War (archived)

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Russia’s Swift March Forward in Donbass [Pokrovsk is the prize]