• Sandinband [any, comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        The iron cross, the skulls, and im pretty sure the eagle on his hat is holding a swastika

        There's probably more but admittedly I don't know all of them

        • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          also the whole uniform is obviously modelled on the SS and he has given himself an iron cross which is technically just a German medal for bravery but in the context of a homemade SS uniform is reasonably interpretable as a nazi symbol

          the trees behind him are the only non nazi parts of the image and someone probably carved a swastica in the bark

      • uSSRI [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        "Totenkopf" which is written and also the skull symbol he has all over, are Nazi SS symbols. Also iron cross is sus especially when combined with all that. This guy is a (dead) nazi.

          • autismdragon [he/him, they/them]
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            1 year ago

            There are many Nazis in Ukraine. Multiple Nazi battalions like Azov. And before the Russian invasion happened "Ukraine has a Nazi problem" was actually a common (correct) narrative in the media. It stopped once the invasion started, but it was there.

            Unfortunately, it is quiet common for photos of Ukrainian soldiers to feature fascists symbols like the black sun.

            • Buchenstr [none/use name]
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              1 year ago

              the mass media at least tried the effort to censor these, now libs just larp up the propaganda even if there's some removed with 59 nazi tattoos sprinkled around their body. Unlimited genocide on nazi sympathizing liberals.

          • Babs [she/her]
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            1 year ago

            Dying for his Nazi country, apparently.

          • culpritus [any]
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            1 year ago

            Worth a read (from 2019):

            https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/08/14/the-russians-and-ukrainians-translating-the-christchurch-shooters-manifesto/