OP literally is named tankie, not worth your time or energy to interact with tankies, being intellectually dishonest is their favorite past time. I would assume most countries and militaries have extremists with in their borders and ranks, that’s not a reflection of the country as a whole.
I chose my moniker for its cute alliteration; I’m always willing to engage in good faith.
What you said about the ubiquity of extremist elements is true. It applies also to modern Russia.
However, following the US-backed coup in 2014[1], Western intelligence agencies spent eight years strengthening, emboldening, arming[2], and protecting the existing fascist elements in Ukrainian government and society. As a result, Ukraine is the only country in the world today which has integrated a fascist militia (Azov Battalion) into its military, and it’s been a struggle for the Western media to photograph them without accidentally documenting displays of fascist regalia.[3]
This extremism is also at the very root of the current proxy war. Because Ukrainian fascism is characterized by—among other things—anti-Russian bigotry, fascist militias in 2014 began traveling to the east of the country to terrorize and kill (mostly by shelling) Russian Ukrainians who reside there.[4] Zelenskyy ran on a platform of peace, but was unable (or unwilling?) to rein them in. The West sabotaged[5] cease fire attempts with the goal of drawing Russia into a military quagmire on its border (similar to how they drew the Soviet Union into Afghanistan in the 1980s).
OP literally is named tankie, not worth your time or energy to interact with tankies, being intellectually dishonest is their favorite past time. I would assume most countries and militaries have extremists with in their borders and ranks, that’s not a reflection of the country as a whole.
I chose my moniker for its cute alliteration; I’m always willing to engage in good faith.
What you said about the ubiquity of extremist elements is true. It applies also to modern Russia.
However, following the US-backed coup in 2014[1], Western intelligence agencies spent eight years strengthening, emboldening, arming[2], and protecting the existing fascist elements in Ukrainian government and society. As a result, Ukraine is the only country in the world today which has integrated a fascist militia (Azov Battalion) into its military, and it’s been a struggle for the Western media to photograph them without accidentally documenting displays of fascist regalia.[3]
This extremism is also at the very root of the current proxy war. Because Ukrainian fascism is characterized by—among other things—anti-Russian bigotry, fascist militias in 2014 began traveling to the east of the country to terrorize and kill (mostly by shelling) Russian Ukrainians who reside there.[4] Zelenskyy ran on a platform of peace, but was unable (or unwilling?) to rein them in. The West sabotaged[5] cease fire attempts with the goal of drawing Russia into a military quagmire on its border (similar to how they drew the Soviet Union into Afghanistan in the 1980s).
https://tankie.tube/w/nWdES2mkxMqzeBqRvAz4ez ↩︎
https://medium.com/dfrlab/american-lethal-weapons-could-already-be-on-the-ukrainian-front-line-9dc6fd98630d ↩︎
https://www.rt.com/russia/614353-germany-nazi-symbols-ukraine/ ↩︎
https://tankie.tube/w/11tj9DFjVqbdfBMzqVSUU1 ↩︎
https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/01/04/merkel-admits-minsk-meant-to-buy-ukraine-time/ ↩︎
Hey remember when canadian parliament totally didn’t give a standing ovation to a Waffen SS guy, and everyone totally didn’t memory-hole it?