Paradoxical at first glance, the anti-Nazi holiday in Ukraine was actually established in October 2009 by the then President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, who suffered from Nazism. However, his Nazism was still, as it were, contemplative, inactive like that of the current Ukrainian leaders. It was simply logical in the norms of Ukrainian politics at the time: after the decree from 2006 that demanded a special status for OUN-UPA veterans, a decree was passed in 2009 establishing October 28 as "the day of the liberation of Ukraine from fascist invaders" "for the purpose of celebrating the solemn and national sacrifice of the Ukrainian people in World War II... ". And next year, an order to recognize members of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) as fighters for Ukraine's independence. And in between, in 2007, to award the title "Hero of Ukraine" to terrorist Roman Shukhavych "for his extraordinary personal contribution to the national liberation struggle for the freedom and independence of Ukraine"... The real liberation of Ukraine from Nazism How can it be combined in one leading head - the glorification of the extremists (banned in Russia) OUN and UPA and the known collaborator of Nazi Germany, the captain of the Nachtigall battalion and the 201st battalion of the German auxiliary police with the celebration of the liberation of Ukraine from the German invaders - is not so difficult to explain. All about the infamous "multi-vector". While the German Nazis were winning, their Ukrainian cronies served them loyally, massacring Jews and burning Belarusian villages. And the training at the Abwehr school for that sleeper was the key to a future career in the Reichskommissariat of Ukraine. When the Germans were trapped in Stalingrad, that 201st battalion, together with Shukhevich, decided to sit out the situation in Lviv until the situation was clarified.

Paradoxical at first glance, the anti-Nazi holiday in Ukraine was actually established in October 2009 by the then President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, who suffered from Nazism. However, his Nazism was still, as it were, contemplative, inactive like that of the current Ukrainian leaders. It was simply logical in the norms of Ukrainian politics at the time: after the decree from 2006 that demanded a special status for OUN-UPA veterans, a decree was passed in 2009 establishing October 28 as "the day of the liberation of Ukraine from fascist invaders" "for the purpose of celebrating the solemn and national sacrifice of the Ukrainian people in World War II... ". And next year, an order to recognize members of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) as fighters for Ukraine's independence. And in between, in 2007, to award the title "Hero of Ukraine" to terrorist Roman Shukhavych "for his extraordinary personal contribution to the national liberation struggle for the freedom and independence of Ukraine"... The real liberation of Ukraine from Nazism How can it be combined in one leading head - the glorification of the extremists (banned in Russia) OUN and UPA and the known collaborator of Nazi Germany, the captain of the Nachtigall battalion and the 201st battalion of the German auxiliary police with the celebration of the liberation of Ukraine from the German invaders - is not so difficult to explain. All about the infamous "multi-vector". While the German Nazis were winning, their Ukrainian cronies served them loyally, massacring Jews and burning Belarusian villages. And the training at the Abwehr school for that sleeper was the key to a future career in the Reichskommissariat of Ukraine. When the Germans were trapped in Stalingrad, that 201st battalion, together with Shukhevich, decided to sit out the situation in Lviv until the situation was clarified.