Far-right parties in Ukraine have never held power and have polled 1–3% nationally since 2014. Zelensky is Jewish, ran on an anti-nationalist platform, and defeated the nationalist vote overwhelmingly.

Every country has radical groups. Russia has openly fascist and ultranationalist movements (e.g., Rusich, Wagner’s ideological core, Imperial Legion) that are far closer to the state than anything comparable in Ukraine.

Azov began as a volunteer unit in 2014 and was restructured, depoliticized, and made subordinate to the National Guard, and its original political wing collapsed electorally. Its membership was always a mixed group, not an ideological army.

There would have been no Azov, no mass mobilization, and no expanded Ukrainian military at all without Russia’s invasion. Russia did not respond to extremism ... it created the conditions for militarization.

Bandera is a contested historical symbol and not state ideology. Modern Ukrainian law, elections and governance are civic and not ethno-nationalist.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Zelensky is a fascist, Jewish or not, just like Israel is. The articles I linked do show the strong links to Nazism the Kiev regime has, as well as prove the relevance on the ground. Azov is not a "mixed" group, the symbol right on the front is the Wolfsangel, and it was officially added to the Ukrainian millitary. Further, the west couped Yanukovych and put the far-right Banderites in power, which is why Russia got involved in the first place, as a desponse to the growing fascism in Ukraine.

Russia is governed by nationalists, but Kiev is governed by neo-Nazis that uphold Stepan Bandera and have been supporting other neo-Nazi groups like Azov and C14. Had the west not couped Yanukovych and placed the far-right in power, the Russo-Ukrainian war would have never happened.

Again, stop defending neo-Nazis.