Ukraine’s Azov fighters pledge to ’repel and punish’ Russia in Independence Day address

Ukraine’s Azov Regiment vowed to ’repel and punish’ Russia in an Independence Day video address released on Wednesday (August 24). The video featuring Azov’s interim commander Mykyta Nadtochii was said to be filmed in Khortytsia, an island in the Dnipro river which is one of the shrines of Ukrainian statehood. Read your updates here: Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: Get the latest headlines: and are websites of The Telegraph, the UK’s best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle an