The Azov civil war

Prokopenko vs Biletsky. Elections. Zelensky and the oligarchs. Left-liberal deviations. Snitches and LGBT sympathizers vs bandits. Black PR and beatings. 'A true paradise for soldiers of fortune'

‘Chervonohrad’ is a 2025 attempt to Ukrainianize the immensely popular Russian musical genre of criminal chanson. Here’s one of their latest songs, ‘Yura the vet’:

In an Audi, Yura the Vet.
We're rolling into dark alleys
To drag the dealers out of their dens
And sort out problematic debts

Though we aren’t fucking saints
Neither I, nor Yura the Vet
But neither God nor the cops
Got anything on us

God knows how many such ‘Yuras’ we have… So reads the top comment on youtube.

Today’s topic is the latest showdown within Ukraine’s most extravagant criminal enterprise - the self-described ‘Azov family’. The young, ambitious capo Prokopenko has made a play against long-reigning Don Biletsky. Today we’ll find out why the nazis fighting in it have made the following predictions:

But don’t worry, either side. Soon it’ll all blow over and seem like child’s play.
Postwar score-settling in Ukraine will go down in history and form the basis for many Hollywood movies — when full-on miniature theaters of war erupt in courtyards and alleyways, complete with automatic weapons, rocket launchers, FPV drones, and lightly armored wheeled vehicles.

Left-liberal-LGBT deviations in the Azov family, cunning electoral schemes, Zelensky’s desperate efforts to use Azov for his own designs, the truth behind the claims of Azov’s post-2022 ‘deradicalization’, and a truly enormous amount of catty neo-nazi instagram story callouts. We will end with the future implications of this saga, as well as an assessment of who came out the winner. If all this interests you, become a paid subscriber to access the following 7,000 words.