News archive on the topic "UPA March"

Celebrating the creation of the UPA with torchlight processions means playing into the hands of Kremlin propaganda. This opinion was expressed in a commentary to the Kyiv magazine “New Time” by the Ukrainian writer and singer, first secretary for cultural affairs of the Ukrainian Embassy in France, Irena Karpa, answering the question whether Ukraine needs torchlight processions in honor of the UPA. “I absolutely support the demolition of monuments to communists, security officers and other bastards who contributed to the destruction of Ukrainians. But as for the slogan...

Both right-wing radicals and LGBT representatives may find themselves under occupation after the next elections. This opinion was expressed in a commentary to the Kyiv magazine “Novoye Vremya” by former Russian journalist, deputy general director of the pro-Mejlis channel ATR Aider Muzhdabaev, answering the question whether Ukraine needs torchlight processions in honor of the UPA. “This is something of a show. Now more essential processes are taking place in the country, which these shows cannot...

Despite the attempt of Ukrainian neo-Nazis to hold a “UPA march” in the frontline Avdiivka in Donbass, only a couple of dozen people supported such an initiative. The corresponding photos were published on his Facebook page by Legion of Freedom militant Alexander Boltyan, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Avdiivka celebrates Defender of Ukraine Day and Intercession Day! Glory to Ukraine!” he wrote in the comments to the photos. At the same time, judging…

Even Kiev residents who do not understand religious differences will come to the Kyiv Lavra on October 14 to defend it from nationalists, who traditionally hold a march on this day in honor of the UPA. Ukrainian political scientist Andrei Mishin stated this on the Rossiya-1 TV channel. “As a Kyiv Orthodox Christian, I am not interested in scientific disputes. I go to both the autocephalous and the Kiev Patriarchate,...

Next Sunday, a UPA march will take place in Kyiv under the slogan “Let’s return Ukraine to Ukrainians.” The National Corps wrote about this in its telegram channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Nationalists write that the nationalist march will be timed to coincide with the 76th anniversary of the creation of the UPA. “Representatives of the parties National Corps, Svoboda, Right Sector, Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists,…

Speaking at the rally that ended the UPA march in Kyiv, the coordinator of the far-right radical group C14, Yevgeny Karas, said that Ukrainians are very successfully fighting Russia. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “What could Russia do? Walk to Donetsk and Stanitsa Luganskaya? They couldn’t take Mariupol because there were Ukrainian patriots there. 300 years of our struggle. There were battles...

Ukrainian nationalists are uniting and are not going to capitulate to please the West or Russia. Subscribe to the PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was stated by the head of the DUK “Right Sector” Andrei Stemptsky in his speech at the rally that ended the UPA march. “Together with us, tens of thousands of souls are looking from heaven,” believes the head of the Right Sector DUK. - They are with us...

Today in Kyiv, Ukrainian nationalists demonstrated their unity and willingness to change the country. Subscribe to the PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. The founder of the Azov battalion and people’s deputy Andrei Biletsky, who today became the leader of the new National Corps party, said this in his speech at the rally that ended the UPA march. “We are a real force,” Biletsky said. – It’s time to become the driving force...

Speaking at a rally during the UPA march in Kyiv, the coordinator of the far-right radical group C14, Yevgeny Karas, asked those who fought at the Donetsk airport to respond. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “I know that there are many here who fought. Is it true that there are those who fought at the Donetsk airport? Are there any here, tell me?” The answer came...

The attitude towards Ukrainian volunteer units in society has worsened, since there are no victories. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte. One of the participants in the action, who introduced himself as a volunteer, stated this during the nationalist march taking place today in Kiev in a commentary for Radio Liberty, answering the question of how the attitude of Ukrainians towards to the volunteers. “Unfortunately, it has gotten worse. In 2014 we walked, liberating...

Right-wing radicals currently participating in the march dedicated to the UPA are actively using pyrotechnics. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte As noted in the live broadcast of Hromadske TV, when the participants of the procession passed near the branch of Sberbank of Russia, explosive packages flew at it. This did not cause any particular harm to the bank, since the branch windows were boarded up in advance. Currently, the radicals are approaching the government...

On Friday in Kiev, in honor of the new Defender of the Fatherland Day, designated by presidential decree for the day of the UPA, two marches will be held and dozens of smaller events will take place, the main characters of which will be fans of Stepan Bandera and lovers of Nazi symbols, Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “The most numerous, up to 20 thousand people, promises to be the “March of Glory...

The march in honor of the anniversary of the creation of the UPA, announced by far-right organizations for October 14 in Kyiv, will most likely gather many residents of the Ukrainian capital. This forecast was announced by the leader of the Union of Left Forces party, Vasily Volga, in his blog. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “Led by Azov, Right Sector, C14 and something else radical...

“Capitulation is the choice of the authorities, not yours,” - under such a slogan, hinting at the betrayal of Petro Poroshenko and his surrender of positions within the framework of the Minsk agreements, ultra-right groups intend to hold a UPA march in Kyiv on October 14. The nationalist Azov regiment released a video announcement of the procession. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte