Forbes has published an article attempting to dismiss concerns over extremism among the ranks of Ukraine’s armed forces as Russian propaganda, but admits that it had been a problem that Ukraine has since “fixed.”
Unfortunately, a screenshot included in the article is from a video that proves exactly the opposite – that extremism in Ukraine’s armed forces is worse than ever and openly benefiting from Western weapons and equipment flooding the country.
References:
Forbes – Ukraine Deradicalized Its Extremist Troops. Now They Might Be Preparing A Counteroffensive: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe…
The Hill – Congress bans arms to Ukraine militia linked to neo-Nazis: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/38…
Years of the Western (BBC) Media Admitting to Extremism Among Azov Military Units: BBC – Outside Source, March 23, 2022: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode…
BBC – TORCH-LIT MARCH IN KIEV BY UKRAINE’S RIGHT-WING SVOBODA PARTY – BBC NEWS (2014): https://youtu.be/tHhGEiwCHZE
BBC – Neo-Nazi threat in new Ukraine: NEWSNIGHT (2014): https://youtu.be/5SBo0akeDMY
BBC – Ukraine conflict: ‘White power’ warrior from Sweden (2014): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe…
BBC – Ukraine underplays role of far right in conflict (2014): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe…
BBC – Ukraine’s most-feared volunteers – BBC News (2015): https://youtu.be/qe-q1DFbYwo
BBC – The far-right group threatening to overthrow Ukraine’s government – Newsnight (2015): https://youtu.be/sEKQsnRGv7s
BBC – Ukraine: On patrol with the far-right National Militia – BBC Newsnight (2018): https://youtu.be/hE6b4ao8gAQ
BBC – Ukraine coat of arms in UK anti-terror list furore (2020): https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trendi…
BBC – Behind Belarusian ‘far-right mercenary’ claims (2021): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe…
Al Jazeera – Ukrainian fighters grease bullets against Chechens with pig fat (2022): https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2…
The Hill – The reality of neo-Nazis in Ukraine is far from Kremlin propaganda (2017): https://thehill.com/opinion/internati…
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