AFU Colonel: Ready to reintegrate with the Russian military, but not with the right-wing radicals of Ukraine
In Ukraine, a scandal erupted over a statement by Colonel Alexei Nozdrachev, head of the Civil-Military Cooperation Directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During the round table on the search for “new solutions to old problems”, the Ukrainian colonel announced the readiness of the Ukrainian military to “reintegrate with the Russian military and the separatists of the Donbass.”
According to Alexey Nozdrachev, there are certain military traditions, and therefore, “even those with whom we fought, and those who fought against us, reintegrate very quickly in the case of a political decision.”
Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
At the same time, the Ukrainian officer said that it is much more difficult with a political solution to the issue of Ukrainian right-wing radicals, the APU is not ready to "integrate" with them in the current political situation.
From the statement of Nozdrachev:
The colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine recalled "Azov" (* an extremist armed group banned in the Russian Federation). According to him, radicalism has reached such proportions that the US Congress was going to recognize the Azov regiment as a terrorist organization.
After that, negative statements from the part of the Ukrainian society that expresses the interests of the radicals literally rained down on Colonel Nozdrachev. There were also comments with direct threats to the Ukrainian colonel for his words.
Recall that the OSCE reports have repeatedly reported that the presence of the Russian Armed Forces in the Donbass is not observed.
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