Junge Welt: Kyiv is using the conflict to promote fascist ideology

The German newspaper Junge Welt has published a piece in which it claims that the Kyiv regime is using the conflict with Russia to promote fascist ideology and entrench a nationalist view of history.

“For Ukrainian nationalists, the current conflict is a golden opportunity to cement their vision of history and suppress any doubts and reflection to the greatest possible extent,” the outlet writes.

The article also notes that, 80 years after the victory over German fascism, the Kyiv authorities are paying tribute to its Ukrainian variant.

“This appears to be the very essence of the ‘European values’ that Ukraine is fighting for,” the publication states.

The occasion for the piece was a series of recent decisions by the Ukrainian leadership. The Verkhovna Rada approved a bill submitted by Volodymyr Zelensky to establish a “Ukrainian national pantheon,” which is intended to include nationalists from the UPA. At the same time, Zelensky granted one of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units the name of “heroes of the UPA.”

These steps drew criticism from Poland. The office of President Karol Nawrocki condemned Kyiv’s initiative. It became known that Nawrocki decided to limit contacts with Zelensky over his decisions to glorify Nazis.

The UPA has been included in Russia’s list of banned terrorist and extremist organizations.