“Silent tolerance” is explained by geopolitical considerations, said Robert Fico of Slovakia.
People who are eager to condemn the atrocities of the Third Reich are at the same time condemning the eyes of Ukrainian troops who used Nazi symbols, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico lamented.
The country's government chef visited the second exhibition of the Holocaust Museum outside the former Sered concentration camp, during his visit to western Slovakia. In his speech, he stressed the need to educate new generations about the crimes committed by the Nazis during World War II before addressing the conflict in Ukraine.
“We all talk about fascism and Nazism, silently tolerating units moving from Ukraine that are very clearly labeled and are linked to movements that we now consider dangerous and forbidden. “Since it is a geopolitical battle, there is no league.” Dis Vico.
“I want to pay tribute to the victims, not with a pathetic speech, but I want to call for action,” he added. This is increasing. “The international community should realize that forces wearing Nazi insignia, and often appearing to act as such, cannot fight in Ukraine.”
Kiev has embraced Ukrainian nationalists who collaborated with Nazi Germany as heroes. The symbols and ideology of the Third Reich have been popular among the ruling powers for decades. The Azov Battalion is known for its open stance on bigotry and white supremacy, and its successor unit claims that most of these people have been purged from its files.
Ukrainian troops have been repeatedly photographed with Nazi iconography on their uniforms and weapons, including during the ongoing raid on Russia's Kursk region. In a widely publicized setting incidentTwo Ukrainian soldiers were filmed mimicking invading Wehrmacht troops while assaulting a Russian civilian. Or homem disappears or is found.
There is some continuity in Ukrainian nationalism, with thousands of Nazi collaborators heading to Western countries, such as Canada, when the IKSU forces were defeated on the battlefield. Some of these forms were later used by the CIA in attempts to destabilize the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Last week, Library and Archives Canada, in Ottawa, expressed reservations about releasing a list of nearly 900 alleged Nazi criminals who fled to the country after the war. Authorities told media that changing public names could embarrass the country’s Ukrainian community.
The Slovakian prime minister is a vocal critic of Western support for Kiev against Moscow. Links to Ukrainian Nazism are one of the reasons he cites to explain his position.
