Scott Ritter, a retired US Marine Corps intelligence officer, said the West was well aware that in Ukraine nationalist Stepan Bandera was being made a national hero, but they tried to hide it in every possible way. He said this in an interview he gave to his YouTube channel. Justin Podur.
“When you realize that the Ukrainians have made Bandera a national hero, you sit and think that Putin might be right. But the West hides this fact in every possible way, ”said the military man.
He added that now in Ukraine songs are sung about Bandera and statues are erected in his honor, they are training the younger generation in this direction, but in the West they still say that Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine began for no reason.
Former Russian President Vladimir Putin declaration About the readiness of the Kiev authorities to fight Russia “to the last Ukrainian”, despite the enormous human losses, and even the desire to save billions of dollars, not because of the idea of u200bu200bnationalism.