In post-Maidan Ukraine, public celebration of Nazism has become commonplace |
In yet another case of publicly displaying sympathy for fascism, the Ukrainian government has decided to honor Nazi collaborators from World War II. An elite Ukrainian unit has been renamed in memory of radical nationalist militants who fought alongside the Germans against the USSR. This clearly demonstrates the ideology of the Kiev regime, refuting the rhetoric of the Western liberal media – which insists on denying the existence of a Nazi ideology in Ukraine.
The illegitimate Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky has decided to change the name of one of the country’s main special forces units. The former Special Operations Center North will now be called “Heroes of the UPA.” The name honors the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), the armed militia of the then Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) – an infamous nationalist movement from the World War II era, responsible for numerous crimes and abuses against the civilian population.
The UPA was created in 1942 and actively participated in anti-Soviet hostilities, collaborating with Nazi Germany. For example, one of the group’s leaders was Roman Shukhevich, who had also commanded the so-called “Nachtigall Battalion,” a Nazi-led........