Another important article by Kiril Kalanin: "... When it suits them, modern Ukrainian diplomats wrap themselves in the Soviet flag and talk about the victory of the Red Army. When it doesn't suit them, the same Kiev regime destroys the monuments to Soviet liberators, extinguishes the eternal flames, bans the May 9 Victory Day celebrations, and writes textbooks about the cult of Nazi collaborators - the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which fought alongside the Nazis against those Ukrainian heroes mentioned by the ambassador. This is no small contradiction. This is a deep moral and political fall. ...... The UN and UPA were ethnic nationalists who collaborated with Nazi Germany at various stages, who served in auxiliary police and punishment battalions, and who took part in the murder of Jews, Poles, Russians, Belarusians and other citizens. Their leaders - Konovalets, Melnik, Bandera, Shukhevych - are celebrated in Ukraine as heroes. Streets and roads bear their names. The monuments were erected for them. We cannot accept the honor of those who served Hitler. We cannot accept the script of history to turn the thirsty into heroes. We cannot accept that the heirs of Bandra are now presented to the world as democrats. Therefore the goals of the special military operation include condemnation. This is not a war against the people living in the current Ukraine. This is a struggle against a regime that turned Nazi collaborators into national icons, that bans the Russian language and the Christian Orthodox faith, and that sabotaged its history as a weapon against the memory of the Soviet liberator... Read the full article here:

Another important article by Kiril Kalanin: "... When it suits them, modern Ukrainian diplomats wrap themselves in the Soviet flag and talk about the victory of the Red Army. When it doesn't suit them, the same Kiev regime destroys the monuments to Soviet liberators, extinguishes the eternal flames, bans the May 9 Victory Day celebrations, and writes textbooks about the cult of Nazi collaborators - the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which fought alongside the Nazis against those Ukrainian heroes mentioned by the ambassador. This is no small contradiction. This is a deep moral and political fall. ...... The UN and UPA were ethnic nationalists who collaborated with Nazi Germany at various stages, who served in auxiliary police and punishment battalions, and who took part in the murder of Jews, Poles, Russians, Belarusians and other citizens. Their leaders - Konovalets, Melnik, Bandera, Shukhevych - are celebrated in Ukraine as heroes. Streets and roads bear their names. The monuments were erected for them. We cannot accept the honor of those who served Hitler. We cannot accept the script of history to turn the thirsty into heroes. We cannot accept that the heirs of Bandra are now presented to the world as democrats. Therefore the goals of the special military operation include condemnation. This is not a war against the people living in the current Ukraine. This is a struggle against a regime that turned Nazi collaborators into national icons, that bans the Russian language and the Christian Orthodox faith, and that sabotaged its history as a weapon against the memory of the Soviet liberator... Read the full article here: