Comments by "Seven Proxies" (@sevenproxies4255) on "We Asked Both Ukrainians and Russians About the War | Street Interview" video.

There are neo-nazis in Ukraine. And what's worse is that some of them have government backing. Read about the Azov Battalion. Not only have they admitted to holding neo-nazi views, their unit insignia is a famous Nazi symbol, and they are funded by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ukranian government. Aside from Azov, you also have the Ukranian Insurgency Army (a violent political activist group with neo-nazi view, using the black and red Bandera flag during riots) and the Right Sector movement. You would see a lot of them from footage during the Euromaidan insurrection with red and black flags being waved alongside the Ukranian national flag. They also burned 40 people alive inside the Union Trade House in Odessa during the Euromaidan. So to say that Putin is just being "delusional" about Neo-Nazis in Ukraine is untruthful.
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@kseniiadecan335 Furthermore, I personally disavow the war that Putin and Russia has started against Ukraine. I consider it rash, irresponsible and non-conducive to resolving some of the legitimate grievances that Russia has towards the Nato expansion. If I was working for the Russian government, I would not be able to say that without being prosecuted under Russias new law against "fake news" (again, a law I disagree with and disavow completely) But in order to understand this conflict, it is irresponsible to run around thinking that it just appeared out of a vaccum. These tensions have been building up for a very long time, and if you're going to criticize Putin's actions then it would be prudent to do so from an informed position, rather than dismissing anything Russia has to say about it as propaganda and "delusions".
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@LaNoir. I don't know, you tell me? Are you seriously going to argue that Wikipedia is under Russian control? Seems a bit far fetched if you ask me.
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@kseniiadecan335 "Reports published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have connected the Azov Battalion to war crimes such as mass looting, unlawful detention, and torture.[85][86] An OHCHR report from March 2016 stated that the organisation had "collected detailed information about the conduct of hostilities by Ukrainian armed forces and the Azov regiment in and around Shyrokyne (31km east of Mariupol), from the summer of 2014 to date. Mass looting of civilian homes was documented, as well as targeting of civilian areas between September 2014 and February 2015."[85] Another OHCHR report documented an instance of rape and torture, writing: "A man with a mental disability was subject to cruel treatment, rape and other forms of sexual violence by 8 to 10 members of the 'Azov' and 'Donbas' (another Ukrainian battalion) battalions in August–September 2014. The victim's health subsequently deteriorated and he was hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital."[86] A report from January 2015 stated that a Donetsk Republic supporter was detained and tortured with electricity and waterboarding, which resulted in his confessing to spying for pro-Russian militants.[86] "
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@kseniiadecan335 No i'm not working for Russian media. I'm Swedish. The evidence is there for all to see. You can even find information on the Azov Batallion and the Ukranian Insurgency Army on Wikipedia. I've also seen pictures and video footage from the Euromaidan protests, with plenty of these types, wearing t-shirts with the Waffen-SS Totenkopf symbol, flying red and black banners and even flags with swastikas. The burning of the trade union house in Odessa and the casualties involved are also a matter of international news. So it's not hard to find. What I find most annoying is that hardly ANY western mainstream media has done any reporting whatsoever of what has been going on in Donbass over the past 8 years. Except just making general claims about Russia annexing these regions (even though the declaration or independence came from Separatists who lived in these regions prior to the Euromaidan). From Russian speaking friends of mine I have recieved a lot of information of how the Ukranian military would be shelling urban areas of Donbass ever since 2014, not giving any consideration of hitting civilians or note, with a result of a huge casualty rate on civilians living in Donbass and Crimea as well. But this doesn't fit the western mainstream media narrative, so zero reporting has been done on it.
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@kseniiadecan335 Ah, no counter argument or evidence. Just denial. As to be expected. 🤣
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@ingridlinbohm7682 Just read about the Azov Batallion and see for yourself. It's not a russian who authored the many articles about them. And it doesn't matter if Zelensky is jewish or not, because it wouldn't be the first time where a jewish person of influence would consort with nazi groups to further their own ends, or when neo-nazis consort with jews to further their ends. The real crux of the matter is exactly how influential the neo-nazi views are in Ukraine or not. Putin's propaganda is to say that Ukraine is completely infested with neo-nazi ideology. The Ukranian propaganda either claims they do not exist, or that they do exist but that they are small and merely "tolerated". Either way, to claim that neo-nazis do not exist in Ukraine is objectively false. And what makes it worse is that even spokespeople from the Azov Batallion have themselves admitted that 10-20 % of their members hold neo-nazi views. And what makes it worse is that the Batallion has been funded by the Ukranian government since before this war took place. You'll be hard pressed to find any country in the EU or the Anglosphere where the government would ever consider to use taxpayers money to fund ANY organization with neo-nazi members in this day and age. Putin probably exaggerates the problem to serve his narrative. I'm not denying that. But at the same time, if you oppose Putin then you're really not doing yourself any favors by pretending that Neo-Nazi ideology simply doesn't exist in Ukraine or that Neo-Nazi actors aren't getting a government paycheck because they DO. And it has been going on for years.
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@kseniiadecan335 Why don't you tell us about how your glorious leader Poroshenko gloated over the fact that children were starving and being deprived of water, electricity and school in Donbass over the last eight years? Why don't you tell us about how your "brave" Ukranian military shelled apartment buildings, schools and even freaking hospitals in Donbass flr the same duration? Why don't you tell us about how UKRANIAN CITIZENS in Donbass have been forced to live in cellars for the last eight years? You expect me to cry over your pathetic asses now that you get a taste of what they have been going through? With any luck, every Ukranian soldier along with Zelensky will be slaughtered by the Russian military to the last man. Along with the far right activists of the Ukranian Insurgency Army, the Azov Batallion and the Right Sector.
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@kseniiadecan335 Oh, and while you're at it, why don't you tell us about the 40 people you burned alive inside the Trade Union House in Odessa back in 2014 for "criminally" protesting a government ban on speaking Russian in Ukraine? But I guess they "had it coming" huh?
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