'The post was removed when we realised it contained a symbol that we could not verify as official,' a NATO official told Newsweek.
In the context of Ukraine, where official symbols of both Nazism and communism were declared illegal in 2015, Strube said that the Black Sun is"most likely related or refers to the Azov Battalion, which used it among its insignia."
"Its appearance on a military uniform is likely to give the same impression as its use anywhere else: an impression of neo-Nazism or white supremacy," he added. But these same analysts took exception to what they unanimously deemed"propaganda" espoused by Russian Presidentin his justification to launch a"special military operation" to achieve the"denazification" of Ukraine. And while the far-right played a role in the Euromaidan protests, it did so alongside a far broader segment of Ukrainian society seeking to geopolitically distance the country from neighboring Russia.
"Russia is far away for them, you are close," she added."Your civilian population will suffer from them, because this bacteria of Nazism, nationalism, extremism is easy to awaken, but impossible to drive back." But Zelensky has simultaneously sought a direct line with his Russian counterpart as representatives continue to hold rounds of talks hosted by Belarus, a Russian ally.
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