Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azov_Battalion

I don't know why a neo-Nazi militia was incorporated into the Ukranian army - seems like a propaganda gift to Putin.

But they number less than 2% of the Ukranian army. They are part of the story, but a small part.
Maybe, but however wicked and evil Putin's actions against Ukraine are, I refuse to join in the Ukraine love-in. Zelenski came to power in Ukraine on the back of USA and the West's involvement. He's banned newspapers and media that criticizes him, and in the eastern regions the ethnic Russian speakers are being forcibly subsumed into the Ukrainian culture. As for the Nazi bit, when the SS wanted the cruelest, most brutal 'overseers' in the concentration camps, they turned to the Ukrainians. I'm desperately sorry for their plight, but they ain't the nicest of people collectively.