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In Ukraine, Ultra-Nationalists Are the ‘Good Guys’ (consortiumnews.com)

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Neo-Nazism's rise in Ukraine is due to the silent approval of Ukraine’s political and military elites who prefer to turn a blind eye because they rely on the far-right for their military potential, Ukrainian academic Marta Havryshko tells Natylie Baldwin. By Natylie Baldwin Special to Consor

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

i used to struggle to understand why americans refused to see that the ukrainian far right is so empowered until i came to lemmy and see the election results; now i understand that we've been punching left for so long that the the right seems reasonable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Probably because the party politics of a particular country do not ever justify the military invasion of said country.