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originally posted by: KingDoey
a reply to: Oldcarpy2
But that is not a skull that was used on SS uniforms during WW2, that LITERAL nazis wore. And now Ukrainian units have been seen adorning on their uniforms?
originally posted by: Cutepants
originally posted by: KingDoey
a reply to: Oldcarpy2
But that is not a skull that was used on SS uniforms during WW2, that LITERAL nazis wore. And now Ukrainian units have been seen adorning on their uniforms?
You mean exactly the same SS Nazi skull seen used by Russia's agents and units in Donbass?
You prefer Ukrainian Nazis to Russian Nazis?
originally posted by: Cutepants
originally posted by: KingDoey
a reply to: Oldcarpy2
But that is not a skull that was used on SS uniforms during WW2, that LITERAL nazis wore. And now Ukrainian units have been seen adorning on their uniforms?
You mean exactly the same SS Nazi skull seen used by Russia's agents and units in Donbass?
- Averkiy Honcharenko, in 1943 became one of the organizers of the SS Halychyna[5] of which he was appointed a commander in 1945
- Petro Franchuk, one of the members of SS Halychyna
It’s pretty well known that Russians in general absolutely HATE Nazis.
They're Ukrainian and Nazi.
You prefer Ukrainian Nazis to Russian Nazis?
originally posted by: Imhere
It’s pretty well known that Russians in general absolutely HATE Nazis.
originally posted by: Cutepants
a reply to: Imhere
It’s pretty well known that Russians in general absolutely HATE Nazis.
Sure, sure. We've heard it all before a thousand times. I just wonder why they give them medals if they hate them so much? And back in WWII Russia started as an ally of Hitler, for that matter.
But would you like to answer my question before we talk about Azov?
Different human rights bodies, including the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Amnesty International, have accused Azov fighters, along with those form other volunteer battalions, of human rights violations, including torture, kidnappings, and extra-judicial executions. Over the years, the U.S. stance on the Azov has swung between proscription (driven by acknowledgement of its neo-Nazi politics) and sly collaboration (on the grounds of geopolitical pragmatism). In 2015, the U.S Congress passed a resolution stating that military aid for Ukraine cannot be used for funding, arming or training the Azov Battalion. But in 2016, the ban was rolled back, reportedly under Pentagon pressure. Since then, there have been unsuccessful efforts by Congress members — one of whom has described it as a “neo-Nazi paramilitary militia” — to designate the Azov as a ‘Foreign Terrorist Organisation’. For all that, Azov social media channels are rife with videos of militia members training with American-made weapons.
Similar contradictions were also on display, for instance, in the way Facebook has reacted to the Azov. In 2016, it designated the Azov battalion a “dangerous organisation”. In 2019, it placed the Azov in the same category as the Islamic State (IS) and banned it. But after the Russian invasion on February 24, Facebook reversed the ban, allowing expressions of praise for the Azov. Significantly, the Azov has always had a pan-Ukrainian dimension, with documented links to American white supremacist groups such as the Rise Above Movement (RAM). It has volunteer fighters from different parts of Europe.
If that’s true, then both Ukraine and Russia deserve to “invade” each other and go f themselves. And we should stay out of it.
Btw U.S once banned Azov and then reversed it in 2016. Shocker.