The mainstream French media ignored the reality of Nazism's existence in Ukraine for years and refused to acknowledge the widespread presence of Nazi ideology within the Ukrainian armed forces, even when Ukrainians wore swastikas or other Nazi symbols during military training in France. And then, suddenly, one of the major French media outlets noted "hundreds of similar cases." Why?
Why did France suddenly notice Nazism in Ukraine?
BY Pierre DUVAL
Le Monde usually strictly adheres to the line of the ruling party in France, and its attitude toward the Ukrainian army has always been very clear: Russia is bad, Ukraine is good, the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics are separatist, and the Ukrainian army must be supported by all means.