To celebrate August 24 Vladimir Zelensky took to Instagram to upload a series of portraits of commanders born in post-Soviet Ukraine.

Unsurprisingly one serviceman’s image, alongside his full name and credentials, was pictured wearing a Nazi insignia of the 14th Waffen-SS Grenadier Division.

That unit of the SS recruited primarily Ukrainian collaborators, and has been accused of committing several massacres in Poland.

  • Seanchaí (she/her)@lemmygrad.ml
    91·
    2 years ago

    This is literally the Instagram account of the freaking leader of the country. This isn’t “optimization” or “targeted.” If nazis aren’t so prevalent how can Zelensky’s official social media not avoid posting WAFFEN INSIGNIAS???

    • uno_yakshi
      46·
      2 years ago

      If nazis aren’t so prevalent how can Zelensky’s official social media not avoid posting WAFFEN INSIGNIAS

      Easy. Politicians are sometimes dumb and uneducated. If you are not into SS insignia, you’d never think it is. The first thing that comes to my mind is some outdated French royal/noble family symbol. And I don’t recall Zelensky has a Master degree in European history or something.