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Sorry but I got the hick.

The whole "Zelensky is a Nazi" thing is part of the Russian propaganda narrative.

I would personally disagree, not completely but I feel it’s incorrect. I would ask, is Zelensky leading a country with fascist ideology? Let’s see…

Ukrainian independence groups were ideologically aligned with the main enemy of the Soviets, which was Nazi Germany.

Well, that’s concerning, no?

This is the whole "Banderite" term being flung around: fascist groups who fought against the Soviets for Ukrainian independence

The “Banderite” term refers to Stepan Bandera.

Bandera remains a highly controversial figure in Ukraine. Many Ukrainians hail him as an example, or as a martyred liberation fighter, while other Ukrainians, particular in the south and east, condemn him as a fascist or Nazi collaborator whose followers, called Banderites, were responsible for massacres of Polish and Jewish civilians during World War II.

Bandera in 2010 was awarded as “Hero of Ukraine”. He is in traditional folk Ukrainian music. In October 2007, the city of Lviv erected a statue dedicated to Bandera. On 1 January 2014, Bandera's 105th birthday was celebrated by a torchlight procession of 15,000 people in the centre of Kyiv and thousands more rallied near his statue in Lviv. In 2021, the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory under the authority of the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture, included Bandera, among other Ukrainian nationalist figures, in Virtual Necropolis, a project intended to commemorate historical figures important for Ukraine.

Ukraine still regards these people as heroes for fighting against the Soviets.

Well, that’s concerning pt.2

Their fascist ideology is mostly ignored, even by Zelensky (a Jewish man himself).

Bibi looking at your comment like 👀

Even today there are far-right groups in Ukraine. Zelensky has essentially recruited these people in the fight against Russia since they are fervent nationalists.

Well, that’s concerning pt.3

In reality, actual fascist ideology isn't a widely held belief in Ukraine

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