Newsflash — not every part of the world shares the notion that the label “nazi” is the worst, most horrific thing anyone can imagine. Aside from that, many of these “neonazis” — on both the Ukrainian and separatist sides (I noticed you conveniently omitted mention of the “Nazis” in the ranks of the separatists) — run the gamut from legitimate neonazis to Slavic paganism adherents who share similar iconography to guys who don’t care except that they know nazi imagery gives them a certain image, and gets under people’s skin. None of that changes that Russia is the aggressor in this conflict. Do neonazis forfeit the right to defend their homeland against invasion?
Another newsflash for you — the wars in Bosnia, Chechnya, Georgia, Donbass and now the wider Ukraine should be a reminder to everyone that Eastern Europe isn’t an especially pleasant part of the world, and Eastern Europeans don’t observe too many niceties in war, and regularly do things that westerners consider war crimes. The bottom line outside of all the distasteful people, political factions, and atrocities committed by all parties is that Russia is the aggressor. The only measure of who is in the right and in the wrong can be boiled down to that simple fact.
“It’s curious to me that some think “there are neonazis in Ukraine!” Is their ace in the hole against any and all opposition to the Russian invasion.”
Well, when that’s the only argument that you have, you are just going to keep repeating it over and over, no matter how dumb it sounds.