The leader of the Ukrainian nationalist organization "Bratstvo" * Dmitry korchinskiy on his Facebook page announced the campaign "Immortal division" by confronting " the Immortal regiment ".

The radical tried to convince the nationalists to leave may 8 and 9, with portraits of the "grandfathers" of the SS division " Galicia ".

The head of the Kyiv police chief Andrey Krishchenko said that the action "Immortal regiment" in Kiev will participate to three thousand people.

The SS division " Galicia ", which is on the side of Nazi Germany fought Ukrainian volunteers, was created in 1943 in Western Ukraine with the permission of the occupation authorities. In the summer of 1944 the Red army crushed this compound near the town of Brody.

in Ukraine, the divisions are ambiguous: certain political forces claim that the "Galicia" fought for the independence of the country, while others believe that it was on the side of the invaders.

*Extremist organization banned in Russia.

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