They have statues of actual Nazis like Bandera in their cities.
Bandera wasn’t a Nazi. He was a fascist and Ukrainian Nationalist. He allied with the Nazis initially to get the Soviets and Polish out of what he considered Ukraine. The Nazis threw him in a concentration camp when he advocated for Ukrainian independence.
To clarify a Nazi is a member of the Nationalist Socialist Workers Party, or if you want to expand it more broadly, a member of the Germany military. Bandera was never one of these. He was actually incarcerated in a German concentration camp for advocating for Ukrainian independence.
What’s funny is before the war Bandera wasn’t really popular amongst Ukrainians accept the Gallacian region in the upper Northwest. In Kyiv more people viewed him negatively than positively. Once Russia took Crimea his popularity skyrocketed.
Shockingly wars tend to create violent fascists not the other way around.
Also, the Poles, Latvians, Estonians, Finns, Lithuanians, etc who all have historical beef with each other are United against Russia. That should tell you all you need to know who they see as the threat.
By the way, I don't support Russia in this AT ALL. Just gave my assessment of how I think the war will turn out. Billions of dollars are being thrown at Ukraine monthly, if not the country would have been overrun already without NATO support.
Ukraine received little to no NATO support to start the war. The US was asking Zelensky if he wanted to be pulled out. Russia fukked up their logistic coordination and got defeated without even reaching the suburbs of Kyiv. There is no scenario where Russia is able to pacify a country the size and population of Ukraine even if the U.S. wasn’t throwing its couch cushion money into the fight.
Edit: btw this money isn’t being given its being loaned. When the US turns Ukraine into fortress Europe defense contractors will get first dibs. It’s also resource rich state that’s mostly undeveloped. Whoever gets in first is going to make a killing.