Ukraine promotes neo-Nazi unit commander

www.rt.com

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The Ukrainian National Guard has announced that the commander of the notorious neo-Nazi Azov brigade, Colonel Denis ‘Redis’ Prokopenko, will be promoted, significantly increasing his troop command.

Originally formed as a volunteer unit of radical nationalists, Azov rose to prominence in Ukraine following the 2014 Western-backed coup, reportedly becoming a central part of an international white supremacist network.

In an interview on Thursday, National Guard Commander General Aleksandr Pivnenko announced that Prokopenko would lead a new corps, which will encompass Azov along with four additional brigades.

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- Oh no. One person now represents an entire nation. Oh boy. no one likes a white nationalist. But I’m not going to say that it’s the norm for this country.
  
  Absolutely. It would be crazy if entire platoons of Ukrainian soldiers took photos performing Roman salutes with giant Nazi flags. Or if the official military press kept posting propaganda where their soldiers have a strange admiration for Nazi patches on their uniforms. Or if the soldiers training literal minors to shoot had Nazi tattoos. They don’t represent Ukraine at all!
  If you’re actually interested in learning why leftists conveniently always have reality on their side while liberal-fascist-capitalists can always be proven wrong, I unironically encourage you to stick around this side of Lemmy and ask more questions.
  
  One person who's in a really high position in the military.
  
  Just an outright nazi commanding a wing of the armed forces, easily dismissible as outlier.
  
  They wanted him specifically back. And yes "one" person in this case paints a very clear picture of that nation.

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