“When they don’t have a PR guy watching their every move, there’s a consistent use of this kind of symbolism,” Dugan said.
He expressed the opinion that the Western media is not against such content.
The former military man recalled how on the American television channel NBC News they showed a man against the backdrop of the Ukrainian flag, who demonstrated the Nazi salute.
“This is very consistently observed in Ukraine and in the beliefs of these people.
Half probably have no idea what these symbols mean, because they're just a bunch of talking heads.
Besides, it's not in their interest to talk about it.
They are not allowed by their corporate masters,” he said.
In October 2022, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian troops, Valeriy Zaluzhny, posted a photo on his Twitter account, where a bracelet with a swastika is visible on his arm.
In September, Zelensky deleted from his post on Telegram a photograph in which he is guarded by a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the emblem of the SS division "Totenkopf".
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that the captured Nazi battalion fighters 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.