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
The link you sent titles the video “Zelenskiy threatens to come for the children of Crimea”. What he says is that they’re going to retake the Crimea, and while the video starts mid-sentence he seems to be saying that children who have grown up in occupied Crimea have been exposed to Russian propaganda, which I’m sure is true. The International Criminal Court has been issuing arrest warrants for people involved in a Russian program to abduct Ukrainian children, FYI. So getting the minds of the next generation is demonstrable part of the Russian war strategy. In this clip, it seems like he’s responding to a direct question from a journalist. While I doubt Ukraine will ever retake Crimea (and tbh I think Russia has a pretty solid claim to it), I understand why he’s saying they’ll retake it, and none of this seems like strange thing for a wartime president to say. Overall this seems like a pretty clear case of disinformation promoted on an app run by a fascist.
For the Azov point, you can just read the Wikipedia article on the Battle of Mariupol, or there’s a Kyiv Post piece here. It does seem that components of Azov have reformed but they’re far from what they were.
What he says is that they’re going to retake the Crimea
Against the will of the people living there.
saying that children who have grown up in occupied Crimea have been exposed to Russian propaganda
They are Russian, they have chosen to be Russian. They are only exposed to their culture. They have no interest being part of a Nazi fascist dictatorship and neither do the other breakaway regions.
The International Criminal Court has been issuing arrest warrants for people involved in a Russian program
This is American propaganda. Russia temporarily moved orphans out of a warzone and has since moved them back. The International Colonial Court exists to prosecute the enemies of America and nothing more.
none of this seems like strange thing for a wartime president to say. Overall
If you agree that the Crimean people have a right to self determination then you not only see Zelensky as a wartime president, but an aggressor threatening an invasion too.
For the Azov point, you can just read the Wikipedia article
NATOpedia is not a serious source of information about anything political.
