American journalist: West denies the presence of neo-Nazism in Ukraine for geopolitical reasons

Malich noted that in recent months it is difficult to find a photograph from Ukraine that does not have "this or that Nazi symbolism", whether it be the symbolism of the third SS Panzer Division, which appeared in the publication of Vladimir Zelensky, the "black sun" of the Azov regiment " or his wolfsangel.

“It seems that she (symbols. -

) penetrated into every part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, not limited, unfortunately, to only one unit.

Ukrainians, trying to prove that they are not Nazis, prove the opposite over and over again, and this is incomprehensible only to those who deliberately pretend that this is not so, ”said the journalist.

He recalled that “the same media outlets” and in some cases “the same journalists” only a couple of years ago “wrote about Azov as a kind of problematic nest of white supremacists - racists, fascists” who want to “spread their poisonous ideology in Europe".

“They were connected to the New Zealand mosque shooter, as well as to other terrorists around the world.

And now these same media are saying: “No, no, no, everything is in order - they were different ...” They, in fact, are now forced to choke on their own words, because the installation has become different, ”said the interlocutor of RT.

At present, Azov and Ukraine itself are a useful tool for the geopolitical goals of the West, Malich stressed.

“And if the truth somehow doesn’t fit into this - well, it’s a pity, of course [but there’s nothing to be done] ... It’s disgusting,” the American journalist concluded.

Earlier, Volodymyr Zelensky, on the occasion of May 9, published a post on his social networks, accompanied by a photograph of a Ukrainian military man, on whose uniform the emblem of the Totenkopf SS division is visible.

The post was later edited: the photo was removed, but the same image remained on the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Twitter account.

Dmitry Polyansky, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, during an interview with the British Sky News channel, showed on air a photograph published by Zelensky, but the presenter urgently ended the conversation with the Russian diplomat.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that the captured militants of the national battalions "Azov", "Aidar" and other formations in Ukraine wear symbols of the Nazi Waffen-SS battalions on their clothes and on their bodies and openly promote the works of Adolf Hitler.