"Ukrainian veterans of the Azov Battalion, formed by a white supremacist and banned from receiving U.S. aid, attend a rally in Kyiv on March 14, 2020."Ukraine's Nazi problem is real, even if Putin's 'denazification' claim isn't
"Ukrainian veterans of the Azov Battalion, formed by a white supremacist and banned from receiving U.S. aid, attend a rally in Kyiv on March 14, 2020."Ukraine's Nazi problem is real, even if Putin's 'denazification' claim isn't
I think that issue has been fully addressed by Ukraine's government in the years since March 14, 2020
The Facts on 'De-Nazifying' Ukraine
This article from December 2022 addresses and debunks the whole "Ukraine Nazis" Russian propaganda line: Is there any truth to Russia's 'Ukrainian Nazis' propaganda?
There has also been criticism of right-wing Ukrainian militia members who were fighting against the separatists in the east of Ukraine earlier this year — above all, the Azov Battalion.
Umland said that although it was founded by a right-wing extremist group, it was integrated into forces of the Interior Ministry, the National Guard, in the fall of 2014.
After that, he said, there had been a separation of the movement and the regiment, with the latter still using the former's symbols but no longer being classified as part of the right-wing extremist scene.
During military training courses, extremist soldiers had sometimes come to light, he said, but they had then "been revealed and named as a scandal.""
How the Russian Media Spread False Claims About Ukrainian Nazis
NY Times July 2, 2022
Russian articles about Ukraine that mention Nazism -- peak in February 2022:
Nearly every country has a few neo-Nazis
Bottom line: the whole issue is bogus Russian propaganda.
