In Ukraine, where 1 January held a torchlight procession nationalists, there is something bad, said in an interview to the radio station, the head of the Czech Republic milo? Zeman.

" With Ukraine's something wrong. January 1, organized marches in honor Stepan Bandera, which, incidentally, is similar to Reinhard Heydrich (Acting Reichsprotektor occupied by Nazi Germany Czech lands - Ed.) , "said Zeman.

in Kiev January 1, passed torchlight procession in honor of the 106th anniversary of the birth of the head of the Organization of Ukrainian nationalists Stepan Bandera.

All this, According to Zeman, " was organized exactly the same as the marches were organized by the Nazis during the years of Nazi Germany."

" I repeat, this happened on 1 January 2015. Well, I myself said that Ukraine is something bad. But something bad and With the European Union, which have not raised any protest against this action, " he noticed Zeman.


Stepan Bandera was one of the founders of the Ukrainian insurgent army (UPA) in 1942, which operated mainly in Western Ukraine and fought against German troops, and against the Soviet army. Either way, the leadership of the organization of Ukrainian nationalists (OUN) is not recommended to resort to fighting With large German forces." In 1943, an agreement was reached between representatives of the German authorities and the OUN, the UPA will protect Railways and bridges from the Soviet partisans, to support the events of the German occupation authorities. Instead Germany promised to provide weapons and ammunition part of the UPA, and in the case of fascism's victory over the USSR to make the Ukrainian state under the protectorate of Germany.

The end of the Second world war Bandera lived in West Germany (Munich), where he led the terrorist activities of the OUN and UPA in the square of the USSR.

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