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by willmw101 1560 days ago
More nuance needed here. The UK has failed terribly when it comes to opening its borders to Ukrainians. But it has very much been world leading when it comes to other aspects of this crisis. Britain sent arms to Ukraine well before the war started, was training thousands of Ukrainian snipers back in January and February, and was the first country to send arms to Ukraine. Ukrainians on the ground therefore see Britain as their closest ally, regardless of its shameful stance on immigration. https://twitter.com/OzKaterji/status/1500927139570401283?s=2...
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ashwagary 1560 days ago
The British are very aware of the large Neo-Nazi supporting population in Ukraine. Over the years the BBC, SkyNews, Reuters, Guardian, and other British media companies have had extensive coverage and made a few documentaries about the topic. I expect they know precisely what they would be opening up their country and domestic population to in a mass migration scenario.
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mike_k 1559 days ago
> large Neo-Nazi supporting population in Ukraine

Do you care to list those sources? It sounds exactly like a successful work of Kremlin propaganda.

Please, ask anyone, any foreign citizen who lived in Ukraine, if they ever saw people like that in person and if it was anything but a short "demonstration"/provocation happening once a year.

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ashwagary 1559 days ago
"Ukraine's revolution and the far right" - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26468720

Banderites (followers of Nazi Stepan Bandera) are all over Ukraine in significant numbers. The current President Zelenskyy constantly talked about them and their growing support over the last decade in his comedic performances and as a politician.

Western media is suddenly reluctant to discuss this history (possibly because of state objectives) but the articles and other news media produced from ~2014-2016 on this topic are easy to find.

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mike_k 1558 days ago
Real Nazis are as close to Stephan Bandera's groups in 1940s as they are to IRA, for example. Don't mess these movements, motivation and historical context. It was more about getting rid of Red Russia then about anything else.

>The current President Zelenskyy constantly talked about them...

I was impressed about the way his silly rethoric has changed in the last 2 weeks (or really last one year). He is a different person now. Go and ask him about any of that nonsense now.

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