Yeah I’d expect something similar to the “free market shock” after the fall of the USSR. But I can’t honestly judge how true this narrative of “nazi” ideology is in Ukraine. Just like the US, Russia has a reason and a track record to spread lies about this. But even if there is just a kernel of it there it could easily grow after the war is over and the situation turns into one of austerity and privatization.
Bandera is a national hero and a holiday. The commander of the UAF keeps making selfies with his picture and is the “Nordic runes enjoyer” himself. It’s hard to take a photo of any UAF soldier without swastikas or similar Nazi memorabilia. They literally have entire military formations openly devoted to Nazism.
Yes, every country has Nazis, but since WW2 no government ran that far and that open with it, not to mention intentionally arming and organizing them.
But I can’t honestly judge how true this narrative of “nazi” ideology is in Ukraine.
Hell, just look up all the pre-2022 articles on Ukraine’s Nazi problem in western MSM and you’ll have plenty of examples to go off of. If you want to dig further still, you can look up what Ukraine’s Nazis (now with state sanction as part of the military) have been doing to the country’s minorities, those living in the eastern parts of the country, etc. since 2014. Look up the various different Nazi units- even Wikipedia doesn’t bother to hide the continuity between various Nazi organizations and their units integrated into the Ukronazi army- look up Azov as the most famous one, or Right Sector’s “Ukranian Volunteer Corps,” or what was done with the remnants of Aidar battalion, Tornado police battalion, etc- these are just the ones that come to mind, it’s a never-ending list that even the west is not putting all that much effort in hiding.
This is a state which- as someone else noted- celebrates a literal Nazi (Bandera) and props up monuments and museums to him and other Nazi collaborators across the country. None of this is a secret.
Yeah I’d expect something similar to the “free market shock” after the fall of the USSR. But I can’t honestly judge how true this narrative of “nazi” ideology is in Ukraine. Just like the US, Russia has a reason and a track record to spread lies about this. But even if there is just a kernel of it there it could easily grow after the war is over and the situation turns into one of austerity and privatization.
Bandera is a national hero and a holiday. The commander of the UAF keeps making selfies with his picture and is the “Nordic runes enjoyer” himself. It’s hard to take a photo of any UAF soldier without swastikas or similar Nazi memorabilia. They literally have entire military formations openly devoted to Nazism.
Yes, every country has Nazis, but since WW2 no government ran that far and that open with it, not to mention intentionally arming and organizing them.
Hell, just look up all the pre-2022 articles on Ukraine’s Nazi problem in western MSM and you’ll have plenty of examples to go off of. If you want to dig further still, you can look up what Ukraine’s Nazis (now with state sanction as part of the military) have been doing to the country’s minorities, those living in the eastern parts of the country, etc. since 2014. Look up the various different Nazi units- even Wikipedia doesn’t bother to hide the continuity between various Nazi organizations and their units integrated into the Ukronazi army- look up Azov as the most famous one, or Right Sector’s “Ukranian Volunteer Corps,” or what was done with the remnants of Aidar battalion, Tornado police battalion, etc- these are just the ones that come to mind, it’s a never-ending list that even the west is not putting all that much effort in hiding.
This is a state which- as someone else noted- celebrates a literal Nazi (Bandera) and props up monuments and museums to him and other Nazi collaborators across the country. None of this is a secret.