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How did your country vote?
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sorry, lemmy was giving me issues uploading the image so i copied the wrong link, this is the one
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn1.miragenews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F12%2Fun-vote-nazi-genassembly.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=f6277bcd9b022f2959d9155f2c5d927e5c23460ea47f2654a8d2b3ed501a5ba0
Yeah, thats not a great look, but I also understand that since 2014 Ukraine has been in a war for its very existence with Russia, and that some neo nazi groups have done a lot of the fighting and dying for them.
I do not condone neo nazis, but I also understand Ukraine's position not to shit on some of their best war fighters during a war for existence.
Its a complicated issue, and I think I would feel a stark difference had Ukraine been the aggressor, or had a repressive government (both things Russia is).
I believe that Ukraine will have to reckon with this if they survive the war, just like all countries will have to reckon with the far-right groups gaining traction and power in their countries.
It's more that those in the Donbass region have been fighting a war for their own existence against Kiev since 2014. Kiev has far more Nazis than a few small bands.