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Russian forces carved swastikas onto foreheads of Ukrainian prisoners of war (m.independent.ie)

submitted 10 months ago by Ulara@lemmy.world to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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[–] Ulara@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

As for the Azov battalion - Ruscist propaganda actively exploits racist statements made by Andriy Biletsky in 2006-2010, several years before he founded this battalion. He changed his views and hasn't made a single racist statement since 2014. The Azov battalion included several Jews from the very beginning, so Biletsky isn't an anti-Semite now. And since November 2014, the Azov battalion has a different commander.

So for the Azov battalion, any Nazi leanings are a thing of the distant past: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/06/ukraine-military-right-wing-militias/ It's rather Ruscists who tend to project onto others what they hide from themselves.