 Ukraine's famous Azov Brigade resurfaces engaging in combat missions, according to Colonel Mikhailov Yoshelevich, deputy director of the planning department for the use of the main directorate of the National Guard of Ukraine, and his statement made during a briefing the renowned Special Operations Unit known as the Azov Brigade, has reassembled its forces and is already active in carrying out combat tasks within the Luhansk region The legendary Azov Special Operations Brigade has rejuvenated itself and initiated combat operations in the vicinity of the Serebryansk Forest he announced. Yoshelevich added that the Azov troops are effectively holding occupied front lines and inflicting significant losses upon the adversary's personnel and equipment. Azov is a far-right, all-volunteer infantry military unit. The unit was initially formed as a volunteer group in May 2024 as a battalion the group fought on the front lines against pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk, the eastern region of Ukraine. After Russia's February 2022 invasion, hundreds of Azov fighters held out for weeks beneath Mariupol's Azov-style steel plant along with stranded civilians. They persisted without adequate food and medicine amid a massive Russian bombing campaign, which elevated Azov and other Mariupol defenders to what Ukraine's military command called heroes of our time.