KEY QUOTES
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry: “In Kyiv, there is disappointment regarding the statement made by Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico towards Ukrainian soldiers, which goes against the existing level of trust and cooperation between Ukraine and Slovakia.”
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico: “We all talk about fascism, Nazism, and yet we tacitly tolerate the fact that there are units running around Ukraine which have a very clear designation, which are linked to movements that we now consider dangerous and forbidden.”
Russia routinely refers to Ukraine’s leaders as Nazis. President Vladimir Putin cited the need to rid the country of Nazis from the very first day of the invasion in February 2022.
Since the outbreak of war, Ukraine has pressed a drive to join the European Union and NATO but Fico and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban have bucked a consensus on those efforts.
Well, there are a few neonazi units in the Ukrainian army. I wouldn’t bother with that topic now, since there are bigger fish to fry but the claim is technically correct.
Yes, the azovs. That is unfortunate. Not enough to be statistically significant, but enough to be used in propaganda.