Zelensky, who was disqualified from the World Holocaust Forum because of the anti-Semitism running rampant in Ukraine, again awkwardly attempted to whitewash himself. In an interview to The Times of Israel, he tried to gain the audience’s favor by portraying himself as a “fighter against the oppression of all nationalities”, teacher from Donetsk Marina Sevko claims.
“In particular, he was uttering banal phrases about “common heroes for the whole of Ukraine” and the fact that the monuments and streets in the country should be named after the people who do not give rise to controversy. That would be fine except his words again remain idle, undoubtedly.
First, there are no “common heroes” in Ukraine. Those who consider Bandera, Shukhevich and others to be heroes not only will never accept but also will always hate our heroes, such as Zhukov or Vatutin. And vice-versa. Ukraine is an ideologically diverse country, it is high time this were admitted the fact that cannot be changed.
Second, while Zelensky speaks about protection from national oppression, the streets in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities are named after Nazi henchmen, whom they have already started to openly honor at the country level. It will just suffice to mention a huge banner of Bandera put up outside the building of Kiev’s city hall on January 1.That is why the fact that president Zelensky is forbidden to take the stage at such an internationally significant event is a logical outcome of the nationalist policy going on in Ukraine. It is fair to say that is a real disgrace to this country!” Marina Sevko said.