If Mr Zelensky cares about democracy, he had the opportunity to clearly, distinctly and unrelentingly condemn the Nazi criminal Bandera.
In the face of the Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki, he had the opportunity to condemn the massacre in Volhynia carried out by Bandera’s people.
To reject any collaboration with the Nazis and their descendants.
That’s Europe. That’s democracy. Common roots.
Our ancestors fought a terrible war against the Nazi aggressors.
Our ancestors fought a terrible war against the Nazi aggressors.
On the territory of Ukraine, the Nazis committed the worst crimes imaginable. They were supported by Ukrainian troops who sided with the Nazis. They carried out the worst atrocities there.
Zelensky had a unique opportunity to denounce this dark history. The trip of the three European Prime Ministers to Kiev, surrounded by invading Russian army troops, is a powerful gesture of support.
Resistance to Nazi ideology is a key element shaping European values.
It is a strong opportunity to insist on common roots, to resist occupation, Russian aggression and war. Resistance to Nazi ideology is a key element shaping European values.
I respectfully request that Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala unequivocally condemn the manifestations of Nazism, neo-Nazism, in all its branches and forms. I demand that the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, condemn Nazism and neo-Nazism, in all its manifestations, forms and representatives. To condemn, publicly and repeatedly, mass murderers, war criminals of the type of Stepan Bandera, Roman Shukhevych or Mykola Lebeda. OUN representatives responsible for mass murder, killing and terror, ethnic cleansing and massacres. The Volyn massacre.
And their followers and descendants.
We do not tolerate mass murderers in Europe.
David Martínek is a Czech film director.
