Destroyed buildings in the center of Mariupol. File photoMOSCOW, May 1.The United States and Canada played a leading role in training neo-Nazis in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. ed.), now materials are being published that confirm that the Americans and especially Canadians played a leading role in training ultra-radical, openly neo-Nazi units in Ukraine,» Lavrov said in an interview with the Italian TV company Mediaset.
Lavrov explained Kyiv's «hysterical» desire to withdraw militants from Azovstal»All these years, the goal was to have neo-Nazis pour into the regular armed forces of Ukraine. Thus in every unit (battalion, regiment) people from «Azov» would play a leading role. I read such materials in the Western press. The fact that «Azov» is an openly neo-Nazi association was recognized in the West without any hesitation until the situation at the beginning of 2022, when they began, as if on command, to change their position,» the minister added.
