Col. Denys Prokopenko published on July 14 in Ukrainska Pravda his essay, “World War III Is On Our Doorstep—Ukraine Is Already Inside.” There he identifies himself as “Commander of Azov, the First Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine.” And while his First Corps is indeed a major offspring of the infamous Azov Brigade—Andrii Biletsky, the founder of the Azov Brigade and his swastika emblem, is yet another—Prokopenko is a hardcore representative of its neo-Nazi origins. See EIR's “Azov’s Neo-Nazi Claims ‘No Nazis Here.’”
Prokopenko argues that Azov is the model for the future of conflict for the West worldwide. Without real sovereign nations with real defense industries, the answer is the “autonomous” Azov model. He writes:
“Ukraine has become a pivotal point in a new-generation hybrid conflict where not only the armed forces, but the very concept of military and state effectiveness are being tested for resilience. Large-scale war is not about professional armed forces and precision strikes that end it in two hours. It’s about the capacity to wage long and resource-intensive campaigns, one after another….
“In other words, Ukraine must not only defend itself, but export solutions that were developed not in peaceful offices, but on the front line amid the complete collapse of the old combat regulations—simply because there is nowhere else in the world to prepare for the war of the future. The West will not be able to grasp the realities of future war, even with the best military textbooks at its disposal. Ukraine and its experience are the West’s only chance of not losing the war for the world’s future because of factors that the classical approach taught in military academies overlooked.
