Nice smear . He is correct in saying that much of the Ukraine opposition in the Donbas are Nazis . Because I point out the fact does not indicate that I agree with his invasion . I find it interesting that only since Putin's threat to Ukraine has the left denounced the accusation .Before that the Nazi Ukraine charge was a feature of the western left .
Antisemitism is a historic problem in Ukraine . Ukraine’s Nazi problem is related to its failure to grapple with the dark side of its legacy. Scores of collaborators assisted in the occupation and Holocaust extermination when Germany invaded .
The fact that they have a Nazi problem is not propaganda . It is shameless propaganda to use it as a justification for invasion ;especially from a nation like Russia that has it's own history of persecutions .
What he said is real however . The Azov militia makes no secret about their Nazi sympathies .They were incorporated into the Ukraine National Guard specifically into the Donbas region to fight in the civil war against the break away region. Their atrocities have been documented .
Ukrainian Nationalist Volunteers Committing 'ISIS-Style' War Crimes (newsweek.com)
There’s One Far-Right Movement That Hates the Kremlin – Foreign Policy
Examining the Threat of the Azov Movement in Ukraine - GeoHistory
Preparing for War With Ukraine’s Fascist Defenders of Freedom – Foreign Policy
The links above are not Putin propaganda . They are all respected western journals .
If you want to see my views ,they are well documented in my various postings about the Ukraine crisis . I don't excuse Putin's actions BUT I do contend that we backed him into a corner where he did not have many options .
Now going forward unless you see the end game as a 1945 total war win against a nuclear powered Russia then there will have to be a negotiated settlement. This time unlike in the 1990s consideration will have to be made to concerns that Russia feels are existential.
IMO the best outcome for all would be a neutral non-aligned Ukraine that is free to engage economically with both the west and Russia and does not pose a geopolitical threat to either side. As an opening salvo the west should immediately agree what is a truth anyway that Ukraine will never be a part of NATO.
The West Could Have Prevented The Russo-Ukrainian War, But Didn't (thefederalist.com)
"The West is leading Ukraine down the primrose path and the end result is Ukraine is going to get wrecked,”
Why-the-Ukraine-Crisis-Is.pdf (mearsheimer.com)