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May 22, 2022 · The myth surrounding Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Bandera is at the heart of Russia's assault on Ukraine. Who was he? The Mariupol fighters revere him, Russian soldiers hunt his supporters.
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- Roman Goncharenko
Jan 1, 2022 · KYIV, Ukraine — Hundreds of Ukrainian nationalists held a torchlight march in the capital of Kyiv to mark the birthday of Stepan Bandera, the leader of a rebel militia that fought alongside...
Stepan Bandera was a Ukrainian nationalist who joined forces with the German Nazis during World War II because he believed that they would help his country gain independence from the now defunct
May 20, 2014 · A pro-Russia protester in Ukraine sets on fire an effigy of Stepan Bandera, on April 6 in the eastern city of Donetsk. Though he died more than a half-century ago, Bandera remains a deeply...
- Ari Shapiro
Mar 19, 2021 · Bandera, who died in 1959 after being poisoned by Soviet agents, is seen as a national hero who fought for Ukrainian independence during the 1930s and 1940s. To others, he is a war criminal whose...
Apr 8, 2021 · Seventy-eight Ukrainian lawmakers from all sides of the parliament have proposed to give the title ‘Hero of Ukraine’ to controversial figures such as Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych. Some...
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Feb 8, 2010 · The Soviet KGB assassinated Bandera, a Ukrainian nationalist-in-exile, in 1959. Many Ukrainians, including Ukrainian émigré groups in Canada, pressed Yushchenko to grant the honor, which ...
