Verka Serdyuchka (Andrey Danilko). File photoMOSCOW, Jan 28Actor Alexei Danilko, known in the image of Verka Serduchka, in an interview with Strana.ua called his performance of a song about Stepan Bandera «improvisation». As reported on the official website of the Diesel Show, the artist sang the composition «Our Father — Bandera, Ukraine — mother» («Our father is Bandera, Ukraine is mother» — Approx. ed.). «It was an improvisation. No need to invent something that does not exist. This song is at the moment when the Diesel Show was being recorded, was viral and popular on the Internet, on TikTok. I perceive it as just a song, and nothing more. <…> For some reason, at that time it did not cause a scandal. On the contrary, everyone laughed, «said Danilko. The singer explained , which did not put political or military overtones into the performance of the song.In Ukraine, the song about Bandera has become more popular than Morgenstern's new hit «I have been performing on stage for a long time and I see that there is so little positive. We are only engaged in raising the mood in this difficult time,» the musician believes. Danilko also expressed the opinion that people who are dissatisfied with his performance «nothing to do, and they themselves come up with and escalate the situation.»Kiva shot a portrait of Bandera on the Day of the Liberation of Kiev from the Nazis As Strana.ua wrote earlier, a song about Stepan Bandera became popular on Ukrainian TikTok last fall among schoolchildren. Later, deputies of the Verkhovna Rada from the party of the ex-president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko «European Solidarity» joined the challenge. Stepan Bandera was the leader of the «Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists» * (OUN *), one of the main initiators of the creation of the combat wing of the OUN «Ukrainian Insurgent Army» * ( UPA *), the purpose of which was proclaimed the struggle for the independence of Ukraine. The UPA* was formed in October 1942. It operated mainly in Western Ukraine and fought against the Soviet troops, collaborating with the Nazis. In May 2015, the then President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, gave the OUN-UPA* the status of «fighters for the independence» of Ukraine, and its members the right to social guarantees.* An extremist organization banned in Russia
The German Foreign Ministry commented on the march in honor of Bandera in Kiev
