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Obligatory, fuck Spez
I'm not claiming that there has never been Nazis in Ukraine. The Holodomor was pretty fresh in the minds of Ukrainians when Germany invaded and whether you believe it was an intentional ploy by Stalin to quell succession movements the USSR states or not it was definitely seen as one by many in the population. Collaborating with any invading force under the context of millions of your countrymen appearing to have been murdered by the state is frankly unsurprising.
The people having streets named after them in Ukraine may have been Nazis but is that the reason they are being "honored"? Most articles across the political spectrum tend to gloss over the actual reasons. one of the ones you posted even says "The Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine [and presumably others] avoids mentioning Kubiyovych’s Nazi past, instead focusing on his work before and after World War II" so the answer to that seems to be an emphatic no. Would i personally rename a street after him knowing what i know about him? definitely not. but it's not about Nazism, it's about forging a national identity separate from that of their historic oppressors.
Russia does not care about denazifying ukraine, if Putin cared about Nazis he wouldn't have allowed this guy to become second in command of his chief black ops battalion.
Ukraine has had problems with nationalism, but that does not a "Nazi" state make and the trend including with Azov has been away from problematic fascistic ideology.
Russia on the other hand has been increasingly embracing fascistic traits. Wikipedia defines fascism as "a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy." Most of which are traits that Russia has comfortably ticked for well over a decade, Ukraine on the other hand has not.
And still none of the links you posted make mention of "Ukrainian leadership declar[ing] themselves Nazis" as was your original claim
You mistakenly believe my opposition to Nazis is support for Russia. It is not.
This is not team sports. This is real life.
"I don't support Russia but do exclusively parrot their talking points and refuse to accept that Ukraine could be a victim"
Correct, and real life is not Black and White, it is shades of Grey. Ukraine has existed in the grey of history for as long as it was subjugated by Russia
Ukraine is absolutely a victim. The US and NATO personnel responsible for toppling their government in the 2014 Maiden Coup should be tried and hanged. As well as those who have abused Ukraine for another proxy war with Russia.
I'm glad we agree on something then, even if we don't on the reason why