{"article":{"id":268151,"heading":"Ukraine Commemorates V-Day by Waging War and Honoring Nazi Criminals","author":"Stephen Lendman","created":"2015-05-09 17:30:42","modified":"2015-05-09 17:30:42","last_modified":"Sun, 10 May 2015 00:30:42","article":"<p>Ukraine Commemorates V-Day by Waging War and Honoring Nazi Criminals <br><br> by Stephen Lendman <br><br> US-installed Ukrainian fascists commemorated Poroshenko's established victory in Europe Day of Remembrance by vowing to \"destroy Moscow,\" free its people, and let them \"shape their own future.\" <br><br> Ukrainian ultranationalists attending a May 8 commemoration included 14th SS Waffen Grenadier division veterans, Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) members, and Nazi-infested volunteer battalions involved in what they call \"the Russian-Ukrainian war.\" <br><br> Svoboda party overt Nazis participated. Their slogan is \"Ukraine for the Ukrainians\" - meaning ethnically pure, free of Jews, Russians and others not wanted, by extermination or other means. <br><br> Party member Yuri Sirotyuk called war on Russia Ukraine's historic mission. \"I believe that if we truly want it, we will do it,\" he blustered. <br><br> Obama's Ukrainian allies are over-the-top lunatics like Sirotyuk and likeminded fascists wanting war, not peace. <br><br> Illegitimate prime minister Arseny Yatsenyuk ludicrously accused Soviet Russia of invading Germany. <br><br> Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera is honored as a national hero. His Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-B) was involved in mass executions and ethnic cleansing. <br><br> Hooliganism is longstanding fascist policy. Opposition elements are systematically targeted for elimination - by imprisonment or cold-blooded murder. <br><br> Poroshenko ranted on V-Day saying \"May 9 will always be a red date in the Ukrainian calendar, just as these red poppies (replacing Russia's St. George's Ribbons) symbolize the remembrance of the fallen.\" <br><br> \"We will never celebrate this day under the Russian scenario, because it provides for the cold-blooded use of Victory Day for an apology to the expansionist policy regarding neighbors aimed at keeping them in the sphere of one's influence and restoration of empire.\" <br><br> Truth is polar opposite. Russia is Europe's preeminent peacemaker. Ukrainian fascists are US proxies waging dirty war without mercy on their own people - besides targeting all anti-regime Ukrainians wanting to live free from the scourge of fascism. <br><br> Donbass remains in the eye of the storm. Minsk ceasefire terms were dead on arrival. Ukrainian shelling continues daily. <br><br> Residential areas are prime targets. On V-Day, Gorlovka was attacked. \"The shelling of northern suburbs resumed in the second half of day\" after earlier a kindergarten and civilian homes were struck, a local resident explained. <br><br> Explosions were heard in nearby villages. Heavy smoke was seen rising. A gas pipeline was destroyed. <br><br> Other targeted areas include Donetsk airport, surrounding areas, and Shirokino village. According to Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) military spokesman Eduard Basurin: <br><br> \"The intensity of attacks by Ukrainian law enforcement agencies increased, with 57 violations of the ceasefire\" on one day alone - dozens of violations daily. <br><br> Ukrainian forces largely conceal weapons during daylight hours - then use them against Donbass targets mostly at night. <br><br> Days earlier, OSCE chairman Ivica Dacic condemned ceasefire violations. He and other Western officials do nothing to stop them. <br><br> Poroshenko vows to continue war until Donbass freedom fighters are eliminated and Crimea is forcefully seized from Russia. <br><br> He wants NATO membership to facilitate his war plans - including against Russia. He ludicrously claims Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity depend on it. <br><br> Lunatics think this way. They infest Washington and Kiev. They risk war on Russia. They threaten world peace. <br><br> On a day peace advocates celebrate defeating the scourge of Nazism, the unthinkable threatens humanity -possible nuclear war ending life on earth. <br><br> Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net\" rel=\"nofollow\">lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net<\/a>.  <br><br> His new book as editor and contributor is titled \"Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.\" <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html<\/a> <br><br> Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.  <br><br> Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network. <br><br> It airs three times weekly: live on Sundays at 1PM Central time plus two prerecorded archived programs. <\/p>\n","contact":"lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net","link":"syria","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Ukraine","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2015\/05\/268151.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}