In the News Kiev Nationalists' Remember World War II by Pledging to "Destroy Moscow"

Extreme right-wing nationalists and Nazi collaborators commemorated the end of World War II by gathering on May 7 to mark a newly established "Day of Remembrance for World War II Victims" at the Center of National Rebirth in Kiev. At the meeting, they gave the appeal for Kiev to take up its "historic mission" to destroy Moscow, freeing the Russian people and enable them to shape their own future. Those present at the May 7 meeting were veterans of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and members of the neo-Nazi volunteer battalions fighting with government troops against the people of Donestk and Lugansk. The meeting was also attended by Yuri Sirotyuk, a member of the fascist political party Svoboda. The party's official website posted the text of his speech at the event. "We shall get rid of the dead load of imperialism," Sirotyuk is reported to have said. "That is why our historic mission is to continue the deed of our predecessors, to destroy Moscow and free the Russian people and enable them to shape their own future." "I believe that if we truly want it, we will do it. Another question is that Ukraine, unfortunately, is still not a national Ukrainian power. Some of the Ukrainian political leadership feel indifference towards the Ukrainian nation. The Ukrainian leadership feel indifference when Ukrainian officers are being buried. But they feel sore when their stocks are falling and when they think of their factories, located in Russia." According to the website, the meeting was part of the "Historic Dialogues" project and the theme of the gathering was "The Second World War and Russian-Ukrainian War of 2014-2015: Parallels and Regularities." (Sputnik International) (TML Weekly No. 19, May 9, 2015)