Besides the issue of Moscovite/Bolshevik mass genocide of the natives in Eastern Ukraine during the 1930s (when Western Ukraine was in Poland so people there were survived), and the great replacement of the millions of the murdered locals by Russian settler colonizers (who you call "locals"), it means nothing because not only they now identify as Ukrainians but have become fierce Ukrainian nationalists, even ultranationalists. The original Azov was made largely of the ultras-hooligan Russian speakers from Kharkiv (the largest city in Donbas and second-largest in all Ukraine). SSO Azov and the 3rd Azov Brigade and SSO Kraken (also Azov's, just less officially), all of them are from Kharkiv mostly, and they commonly speak Russian among themselves, and even have hundreds of the Russian Nazi members, by which I mean Russian political-exile immigrants from Russia as well as from Belarus. (While their Right Sector rivals are from West and instead speak Ukrainian to each other.) The language doesn't matter, but also practically everyone everywhere are simply bilingual. Zelensky himself was exclusively only a Russian speaker, who had lived and worked mostly in Moscow (he was a comedian in Russia), until after the Russian invasion in 2014, which is why he only became bilingual after both moving to Ukraine for good. But he also kept speaking Russian even after becoming a politician, deliberately so: https://www.france24.com/en/20190416-russian-speakers-ukraine-candidate-talking-language

Besides the issue of Moscovite/Bolshevik mass genocide of the natives in Eastern Ukraine during the 1930s (when Western Ukraine was in Poland so people there were survived), and the great replacement of the millions of the murdered locals by Russian settler colonizers (who you call "locals"), it means nothing because not only they now identify as Ukrainians but have become fierce Ukrainian nationalists, even ultranationalists. The original Azov was made largely of the ultras-hooligan Russian speakers from Kharkiv (the largest city in Donbas and second-largest in all Ukraine). SSO Azov and the 3rd Azov Brigade and SSO Kraken (also Azov's, just less officially), all of them are from Kharkiv mostly, and they commonly speak Russian among themselves, and even have hundreds of the Russian Nazi members, by which I mean Russian political-exile immigrants from Russia as well as from Belarus. (While their Right Sector rivals are from West and instead speak Ukrainian to each other.) The language doesn't matter, but also practically everyone everywhere are simply bilingual. Zelensky himself was exclusively only a Russian speaker, who had lived and worked mostly in Moscow, until after the Russian invasion in 2014, which why he only became bilingual after both moving to Ukraine for good. But he also kept speaking Russian even after becoming a politician, deliberately so: https://www.france24.com/en/20190416-russian-speakers-ukraine-candidate-talking-language

Besides the issue of Moscovite/Bolshevik mass genocide of the natives in Eastern Ukraine during the 1930s (when Western Ukraine was in Poland so people there were survived), and the great replacement of the millions of the murdered locals by Russian settler colonizers (who you call "locals"), it means nothing because not only they now identify as Ukrainians but have become fierce Ukrainian nationalists, even ultranationalists. The original Azov was made largely of the ultras-hooligan Russian speakers from Kharkiv (the largest city in Donbas and second-largest in all Ukraine). SSO Azov and the 3rd Azov Brigade and SSO Kraken (also Azov's, just less officially), all of them are from Kharkiv mostly, and they commonly speak Russian among themselves, and even have hundreds of the Russian Nazi members, by which I mean Russian political-exile immigrants from Russia as well as from Belarus. (While their Right Sector rivals are from West and instead speak Ukrainian to each other.) The language doesn't matter, but also practically everyone everywhere are simply bilingual. Zelensky himself was exclusively only a Russian speaker, who had lived and worked mostly in Moscow, until after the Russian invasion in 2014, which why he only became bilingual after both moving to Ukraine for good and entering the politics. But he also kept speaking Russian, deliberately so: https://www.france24.com/en/20190416-russian-speakers-ukraine-candidate-talking-language

Besides the issue of Moscovite/Bolshevik mass genocide of the natives in Eastern Ukraine during the 1930s (when Western Ukraine was in Poland so people there were survived), and the great replacement of the millions of the murdered locals by Russian settler colonizers (who you call "locals"), it means nothing because not only they now identify as Ukrainians but have become fierce Ukrainian nationalists. The original Azov was made largely of the Ukrainian ultras-hooligan Russian speakers from Kharkiv (the largest city in Donbas and second-largest in all Ukraine). SSO Azov and the 3rd Azov Brigade and SSO Kraken (also Azov's, just less officially), all of them are from Kharkiv mostly, and they commonly speak Russian among themselves, and even have hundreds of the Russian Nazi members, by which I mean Russian political-exile immigrants from Russia as well as from Belarus. (While their Right Sector rivals are from West and instead speak Ukrainian to each other.) The language doesn't matter, but also practically everyone everywhere are simply bilingual. Zelensky himself was exclusively only a Russian speaker, who had lived and worked mostly in Moscow, until after the Russian invasion in 2014, which why he only became bilingual after both moving to Ukraine for good and entering the politics. But he also kept speaking Russian, deliberately so: https://www.france24.com/en/20190416-russian-speakers-ukraine-candidate-talking-language

Besides the issue of Moscovite/Bolshevik mass genocide of the natives in Eastern Ukraine during the 1930s (when Western Ukraine was in Poland so people there were survived), and the great replacement of the millions of the murdered locals by Russian settler colonizers (who you call "locals"), it means nothing because not only they now identify as Ukrainians but have become fierce Ukrainian nationalists. The original Azov was made largely of Russian speakers from Kharkiv (in Donbas). SSO Azov and the 3rd Azov Brigade and SSO Kraken (also Azov's, just less officially), all of them are from Kharkiv mostly, and they commonly speak Russian among themselves, and even have hundreds of the Russian Nazi members, by which I mean Russian political-exile immigrants from Russia as well as from Belarus. (While their Right Sector rivals are from West and instead speak Ukrainian to each other.) The language doesn't matter, but also practically everyone everywhere are simply bilingual. Zelensky himself was exclusively only a Russian speaker, who had lived and worked mostly in Moscow, until after the Russian invasion in 2014, which why he only became bilingual after both moving to Ukraine for good and entering the politics. But he also kept speaking Russian, deliberately so: https://www.france24.com/en/20190416-russian-speakers-ukraine-candidate-talking-language

Besides the issue of Moscovite/Bolshevik mass genocide of the natives in Eastern Ukraine during the 1930s (when Western Ukraine was in Poland), and replacement of the millions of the murdered locals by Russian settler colonizers (who you call "locals"), it means nothing because not only they now identify as Ukrainians but have become fierce Ukrainian nationalists. The original Azov was made largely of Russian speakers from Kharkiv (in Donbas). SSO Azov and the 3rd Azov Brigade and SSO Kraken (also Azov's, just less officially), all of them are from Kharkiv mostly, and they commonly speak Russian among themselves, and even have hundreds of the Russian Nazi members, by which I mean Russian political-exile immigrants from Russia as well as from Belarus. (While their Right Sector rivals are from West and instead speak Ukrainian to each other.) The language doesn't matter, but also practically everyone everywhere are simply bilingual. Zelensky himself was exclusively only a Russian speaker, who had lived and worked mostly in Moscow, until after the Russian invasion in 2014, which why he only became bilingual after both moving to Ukraine for good and entering the politics. But he also kept speaking Russian, deliberately so: https://www.france24.com/en/20190416-russian-speakers-ukraine-candidate-talking-language

Besides the issue of Moscovite/Bolshevik mass genocide of the natives in Eastern Ukraine during the 1930s (when Western Ukraine was in Poland), and replacement of the millions of the murdered locals by Russian settler colonizers (who you call "locals"), it means nothing because not only they now identify as Ukrainians but have become fierce Ukrainian nationalists. The original Azov was made largely of Russian speakers from Kharkiv (in Donbas). SSO Azov and the 3rd Azov Brigade and SSO Kraken (also Azov's, just less officially), all of them are from Kharkiv mostly, and they commonly speak Russian among themselves, and even have hundreds of the Russian Nazi members, by which I mean Russian political-exile immigrants from Russia as well as from Belarus. (While their Right Sector rivals are from West and instead speak Ukrainian to each other.) The language doesn't matter, but also practically everyone everywhere are simply bilingual. Zelensky himself was exclusively only a Russian speaker, who had lived and worked mostly in Moscow, until after 2014, which why he only became bilingual after both moving to Ukraine for good and entering the politics. But he also kept speaking Russian, deliberately so: https://www.france24.com/en/20190416-russian-speakers-ukraine-candidate-talking-language

Besides the issue of Moscovite/Bolshevik mass genocide of the natives in Eastern Ukraine during the 1930s (when Western Ukraine was in Poland), and replacement of the millions of the murdered locals by Russian settler colonizers (who you call "locals"), it means nothing because not only they now identify as Ukrainians but have become fierce Ukrainian nationalists. The original Azov was made largely of Russian speakers from Kharkiv (in Donbas). SSO Azov and the 3rd Azov Brigade and SSO Kraken (also Azov's, just less officially), all of them are from Kharkiv mostly, and they commonly speak Russian among themselves, and even have hundreds of the Russian Nazi members, by which I mean Russian immigrants from Russia as well as from Belarus. (While their Right Sector rivals are from West and instead speak Ukrainian to each other.) The language doesn't matter, but also practically everyone everywhere are simply bilingual. Zelensky himself was exclusively only a Russian speaker, who had lived and worked mostly in Moscow, until after 2014, which why he only became bilingual after both moving to Ukraine for good and entering the politics. But he also kept speaking Russian, deliberately so: https://www.france24.com/en/20190416-russian-speakers-ukraine-candidate-talking-language

Besides the issue of Moscovite/Bolshevik mass genocide of the natives in Eastern Ukraine during the 1930s (when Western Ukraine was in Poland), and replacement of the millions of the murdered locals by Russian settler colonizers (who you call "locals"), it means nothing because not only they now identify as Ukrainians but have become fierce Ukrainian nationalists. The original Azov was made largely of Russian speakers from Kharkiv (in Donbas). SSO Azov and the 3rd Azov Brigade and SSO Kraken (also Azov's, just less officially), all of them are from Kharkiv mostly, and they commonly speak Russian among themselves, and even have hundreds of the Russian Nazi members, by which I mean Russian immigrants from Russia as well as from Belarus. (While their Right Sector rivals are from West and instead speak Ukrainian to each other.) The language doesn't matter, but also practically everyone everywhere are simply bilingual. Zelensky himself was exclusively only a Russian speaker, who had lived and worked mostly in Moscow, until after 2014, which why he only became bilingual after both moving to Ukraine for good and entering the politics.