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[-] robinn_IV@hexbear.net 6 points 6 months ago

Every country has Nazis, Russia certainly has significantly more than Ukraine.

This "every country has Nazis" point is an extreme cop-out. It's technically true, but it minimizes the extent that Nazism plays a role in the Ukrainian government and nation, and downplays the prevalence of Nazism.

A US-Backed, Far Right–Led Revolution in Ukraine Helped Bring Us to the Brink of War

Nazi collaborator monuments in Ukraine

National Guard of Ukraine boasts of coating bullets with pig fat to be used against Muslim soldiers

Tweet by Ukrainian parliament and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine openly celebrating Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera

Huge portrait of Stepan Bandera on the building of the Ternopil Regional Council

Ukrainian media discusses President Zelensky praising Nazi collaborator, Stepan Bandera

As for the problem of Nazism in general society, it's not comparable to the average in other nations. I'll specifically use Western sources for this to avoid claims of "Russian propaganda":

BBC Newsnight - Neo-Nazi threat in new Ukraine

The Nation - Neo-Nazis and the Far Right Are On the March in Ukraine

TIME - Inside A White Supremacist Militia in Ukraine

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 6 months ago

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