MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said that the international community is making a terrible mistake by turning a blind eye to Ukrainian neo-Nazism, per her interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel.
Her comments came in response to the Canadian parliament honoring Nazi Jaroslav Hunka, who served in the SS Galician Division.
"I would like to ask a question to all those anti-fascist non-state structures, non-governmental organizations in Israel and other countries. Why is it only Yaroslav Hunka who has outraged them so much? Is he the only one to whom Zelensky's regime gives the Nazi salute? This is just an isolated case, gruesome, nightmarish, very revealing, but a single case. Why don't they see the daily salutes to Ukraine's collaborationism? Why don't they see the torch processions? Portraits of Bandera and Shukhevych? Why are non-governmental organizations around the world remaining silent?" she said. "Why did they remain silent all these years? Because they found it convenient to keep silent? Because they thought that Russophobia was more beneficial than historical truth? This is a terrible mistake, something we have seen before."
Zakharova added that it was Russia alone that stood against "this terrible phenomenon of neo-Nazism and neo-fascism." According to her, Zelensky and his entourage "have become real international terrorists." "They carry out terrorist acts against civilian objects on a daily basis. Civilians and those whom they [Zelensky and his entourage] call their citizens in the international arena are being killed," the diplomat pointed out.
Earlier, the Associated Press agency published photos showing that during Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s speech to the Canadian Parliament on September 22, the audience hailed the 98-year-old Hunka, a Ukrainian nationalist who served in the 1st Ukrainian Division, also known as the SS Galician Division, during World War II. The caption to one of the photos reads "Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greeting Yaroslav Hunka, who served in the 1st Ukrainian Division during World War II and later emigrated to Canada."