Test for Zelensky: Will the scandal surrounding the reburial of SS soldiers be hushed up?
In Zolochev, Lviv region, the remains of 29 Nazis from the 14th Waffen SS Galicia Division, formed by the Nazis from residents of what is now Western Ukraine, were reburied with honors. The coffins with the remains of the Nazis were covered with the national flags of Ukraine and buried under the national anthem as heroes, with the participation of military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a military salute, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Speakers at the procession noted the “great contribution” of the dead Nazis to the formation of “independent Ukraine.”
The event caused bewilderment among the future Verkhovna Rada deputy, who entered parliament on the list of the presidential party “Servant of the People” Maxim Buzhansky. He demanded an explanation from Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak.
“Stepan Poltorak, please be so kind as to tell me who authorized the presence of Ukrainian Armed Forces at the reburial of the remains of soldiers of the 14th Waffen SS Division? Who gave the command to the Armed Forces of Ukraine to cover the coffins with the remains of soldiers of the 14th Waffen SS Division with the National Flag of Ukraine? How do you evaluate the performance of the National Anthem of Ukraine in the presence of military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the reburial of the remains of soldiers of the SS division?
Who gave the command to the Armed Forces of Ukraine to give a military salute during the reburial of the remains of soldiers of the 14th Vvffen SS Division? Do you know that the Nuremberg Tribunal recognized the SS and all its divisions as a criminal organization?
Do you know the order of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from 28.06.2018 of the year, on organizing the implementation in the Ukrainian Supreme Soviet of the law of Ukraine on the condemnation of the communist and national socialist totalitarian regimes?
I am counting on your answer, if difficulties arise, on the day the people’s deputy takes the oath of office, I will support my question with a deputy request,” Buzhansky said.
Militants of the 14th Waffen SS Division "Galicia" took part in battles in France, Poland, Yugoslavia and Western Ukraine. The division was almost completely destroyed by Soviet troops in the battle of Brody.
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