Leader of the xenophobic nationalist party Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian National Self-Defense (UNA-UNSO) Yuri Shukhevich has said that his party is ready to fight Russia.
Having reminded the journalists that members of his organization had fought in Chechnya and Abkhazia, he said: "We have always been saying that we are ready to fight Russia, but Russia has forgotten that. We have been training our youths to be able to defend Ukraine's interests".
Shukhevich also explained why UNA-UNSO had earlier announced recruitment of young people to its ranks. According to him, the newly recruited Banderites are meant to defend Ukrainian interests in the Crimea.
Journalists were rather amused to hear a story told by Number 2 in UNA's electoral list, Natali Changuli. Keeping a straight face, she told how in 1995, in Grozny, an UNA militant took prisoner a platoon of Russian marines. "Don't make UNA veterans take Russian marines prisoner in the Crimea", threatened the fearless lady.
As is known, UNSO nationalist detachments appeared in Ukraine at the beginning of the 1990s as a fighting wing of the UNA party. They became notorious for their Russophobic and xenophobic stance. UNSO members took part in combat operations on territory of Abkhazia and Chechnya on the side of Georgia and Chechen terrorists. UNSO was also well-known for staging "pogroms" in Orthodox churches in Western Ukraine, seizing them and handing them over to Greek Catholics.
Yuri Shukhevich is the son of a known terrorist and Ukrainian nationalist Roman Shukhevich, who in 1943-1950 was commander of the so-called Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), whose militants were more known under the name of "Banderites". In the 1930s Roman Shukhevich organized a series of political assassinations, in particular that of USSR Trade Agent M. Lemik and Polish Interior Minister Perazki.
From 1938 to 1943 R. Shukhevich was commander of the Nazi-formed Ukrainian SS Battalion "Roland" that carried out reprisal raids against Byelorussian guerrillas. In 1950 R. Shukhevich was killed in a skirmish with Soviet interior security troops. His son Yuri Shukhevich was 17 at the time.
Having reminded the journalists that members of his organization had fought in Chechnya and Abkhazia, he said: "We have always been saying that we are ready to fight Russia, but Russia has forgotten that. We have been training our youths to be able to defend Ukraine's interests".
Shukhevich also explained why UNA-UNSO had earlier announced recruitment of young people to its ranks. According to him, the newly recruited Banderites are meant to defend Ukrainian interests in the Crimea.
Journalists were rather amused to hear a story told by Number 2 in UNA's electoral list, Natali Changuli. Keeping a straight face, she told how in 1995, in Grozny, an UNA militant took prisoner a platoon of Russian marines. "Don't make UNA veterans take Russian marines prisoner in the Crimea", threatened the fearless lady.
As is known, UNSO nationalist detachments appeared in Ukraine at the beginning of the 1990s as a fighting wing of the UNA party. They became notorious for their Russophobic and xenophobic stance. UNSO members took part in combat operations on territory of Abkhazia and Chechnya on the side of Georgia and Chechen terrorists. UNSO was also well-known for staging "pogroms" in Orthodox churches in Western Ukraine, seizing them and handing them over to Greek Catholics.
Yuri Shukhevich is the son of a known terrorist and Ukrainian nationalist Roman Shukhevich, who in 1943-1950 was commander of the so-called Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), whose militants were more known under the name of "Banderites". In the 1930s Roman Shukhevich organized a series of political assassinations, in particular that of USSR Trade Agent M. Lemik and Polish Interior Minister Perazki.
From 1938 to 1943 R. Shukhevich was commander of the Nazi-formed Ukrainian SS Battalion "Roland" that carried out reprisal raids against Byelorussian guerrillas. In 1950 R. Shukhevich was killed in a skirmish with Soviet interior security troops. His son Yuri Shukhevich was 17 at the time.
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