Perhaps the Defense Department’s PR staff could have picked a better day.
On Tuesday, The Associated Press reported that the United States plans to send soldiers to Ukraine later this month to train the country’s national guard, which includes groups expressly espousing support for far-right and Nazi ideology.Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said in a Facebook post on Sunday that the units to be trained include the Azov Battalion, a volunteer force that has attracted criticism for its far-right sentiments including brandishing an emblem widely used in Nazi Germany.As the BBC would describe the Azov Battalion last December:The volunteer Azov …read more
Source: AlterNet
