Oleg Stepanov, head of the Russian embassy in Canada, said that the diplomatic mission will honor Ukrainian SS soldier Yaroslav Hunka in the House of Commons and raise the issue of the legal response of the country’s authorities after the scandal. This was reported by RIA News.
“Today I will be asking public questions to Canadian officials about the future of this Hunka. Stepanov said: “Okay, everyone understood that he was a former SS executioner, now everyone knows that he is a Canadian citizen and lives in Canada, everyone seems to have condemned him and that he joined the parliament “He half apologizes for it,” he said.
Formerly Ministry of Culture of Ukraine tried to justify Members of the SS division “Galicia” after the country’s President Vladimir Zelensky was involved in a scandal over applause in the Canadian parliament for Nazi detachment member Jaroslav Hunke. As stated in the material, after the incident, the Ukrainian ministry sent a special document to the Canadian government. He said that representatives of the SS “Galician” division do not adhere to Nazi or neo-Nazi ideology and do not declare it on the territory of any country in the world.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Culture also commented on the words of Anthony Roth, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons, who called Yaroslav Hunka a “hero”. According to the publication, the ministry stated in its letter that the parliamentarian’s statement was not intended as a “provocation” regarding Kiev or Ottawa.
Previously Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau he apologized He appeared before the Ukrainian leader because he honored a Nazi in the country’s parliament.