Ukrainian Nationalism embraces the Nazi concepts of racial purity and Leibensraum.
Ukrainian nationalists believe that they are the true pure Slavs and Russians are a mongrel race. Additionally, Ukrainian nationalists believe in forcing ethnic Russians from the Donbas so that they can have it for themselves. One reason Azov has been fighting so fiercely in the Donbas. They're not going to give it up so easily.
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