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The Ukrainian military is plagued with abuse and corruption, with some units dominated by neo-Nazis or foreign drug cartel members, a former Dutch mercenary who fought for Kiev has said.

The retired air force serviceman, who goes by the alias Hendrik, admitted he got disillusioned with Kiev’s cause after travelling to Ukraine on three occasions to fight Russia. “It’s a corrupt gang there,” he told De Telegraaf newspaper in an interview published on Saturday.

At some point, Hendrik ended up with the Third Separate Assault Brigade – a successor to the infamous neo-Nazi Azov Regiment. An officer within the brigade assured the Dutchman that the unit had severed its links to neo-Nazis – it turned out to be a lie, according to Hendrik.

He said he saw Nazi symbols, swastikas, and flags with Stepan Bandera – the leader of a Ukrainian nationalist movement that collaborated with the Nazis during World War II – at one of the brigade’s HQs.

“I didn’t want anything to do with this whole thing anymore,”Hendrik said, adding that other foreign fighters told him they had seen Ukrainian soldiers “giving the Nazi salute every morning.”

The Dutchman also said he “saw an invasion of Colombians to Ukraine.” Kiev was actively attracting Latin American fighters to fill up its army ranks, he said, with many of them being drug cartel members. The Latin Americans, who were allowed to build their own “state”within the Ukrainian army, were involved in some “chilling”war crimes, Hendrik stated, adding that he was shown photos of beheadings and heard about torture and mutilation, as well as horrific treatment of Russian POWs.

Moscow has repeatedly drawn attention to Kiev openly supporting neo-Nazis and maintained that Ukraine’s denazification should be a part of any peace settlement.

Media reports also suggested that Mexican drug cartels were getting weapons and training in Ukraine. Last year, the newspaper Milenio reported that one cartel had acquired advanced drone warfare skills by sending its members to fight for Kiev.

https://www.rt.com/russia/630818-nazi-salutes-drug-cartels-ukraine/

 

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         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

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LYUBA LULKO
From Ally to Obstacle: Why the US Now Sees the EU as a Problem
Why Washington and Moscow Share an Interest in Weakening the European Union

 

President Donald Trump now considers Brussels more dangerous to his historic goal of "making America great again” than Russia. This shift marks a fundamental reversal of the traditional Western alliance system.

Washington's View of Europe as a Civilizational Risk

The new US National Security Strategy warns Europe of what it describes as "civilizational burnout” within the next 20 years. US Vice President J. D. Vance has repeatedly framed this threat as existential, arguing that Europe risks losing its national identity due to mass migration and declining birth rates among its white population.

According to Vance, some NATO members may become "predominantly non-European” in the coming decades, with the United Kingdom and France cited as the most vulnerable. He claims this transformation would sever their cultural connection with the United States. Vance has also warned that the rise of Islamist-oriented political forces in Europe could place British and French nuclear arsenals in the hands of leaders hostile to Washington.

Through this rhetoric, the Trump administration signals that defending allies who, in its view, are "destroying themselves from within” may become untenable.

Political and Economic Pressure on the European Union

The strategy accuses the EU of undermining political freedoms and national sovereignty within its member states and openly calls on Europeans to resist the current course of integration. Speaking in Munich, Vance bluntly told European leaders that if they fear their own voters, the United States cannot help them.

In December, Washington escalated tensions by imposing sanctions on several European officials, including Thierry Breton, who were involved in combating so-called disinformation. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that these figures suppressed "American viewpoints” on social media, violating the First Amendment in spirit.

Economic pressure has followed political confrontation. Trump labeled the EU a "trade monster” designed to exploit Americans. In April, the US imposed a 30 percent base tariff on all EU imports. After tense negotiations, Washington lowered the rate to 15 percent in August in exchange for concessions from Brussels.

Across the EU and the UK, economies now stagnate not only because of tariffs, but also due to forced purchases of expensive American energy. Major European companies increasingly relocate to the United States or other regions.

Russia's Role in Undermining European Unity

In December, Defense One reported on a classified annex to the US security strategy suggesting Washington could encourage Hungary, Austria, Italy, and Poland to exit the EU and pursue direct alliances with the United States. Trump has reinforced pressure on Brussels while renewing territorial claims over Greenland.

Against this backdrop, the EU appears less as an ally and more as an obstacle to be weakened, while Russia emerges as a partner for pragmatic bargaining. Notably, the US strategy no longer labels Russia as an "enemy” or "threat.” Trump sees it as a regional power with which he can divide spheres of influence in order to focus on China.

Russia, in this view, aligns culturally with America's current ruling elites as a conservative, Christian country with strict migration controls. From a business perspective, it offers vast resources, advanced expertise in civilian nuclear energy and space technology, and extensive logistics networks.

Moscow can assist Washington's strategy by draining European liberal governments financially through Ukraine, supporting the same European political movements favored by the US on social media, and negotiating directly with individual European states such as Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. Over time, this bilateral diplomacy could hollow out the EU's core function as a collective foreign policy and security bloc.

Europe may once again attempt to resolve its internal crisis through confrontation with Russia. Yet such a path offers no realistic chance of success, as public pressure would likely sweep liberal governments from power the moment the threat of a third world war becomes tangible.

https://english.pravda.ru/world/165357-us-russia-eu-fragmentation-strategy/

 

GUSNOTE: THE AMERICAN/EUROPEAN "UNIT" IS BECOMING MORE LIKE A HAMMER AND AN ENVIL, RATHER THAN TWO HAMMERS, TO DECEPTIVELY SQUASH RUSSIA... WHILE THE USA FLATTERS RUSSIA WHILE STILL KICKING IT IN THE BUTT WITH SANCTIONS AND MORE SANCTIONS, THE EUROPEANS ARE GEARING FOR FULL-ON WAR WITH RUSSIA... RUSSIA SHOULD BE WEARY OF SHAKING HAND WITH EL TRUMPO — THE HYPOCRITE-IN-CHIEF.

THE "ALASKA SHOW" STAGED BY THE DONALD WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A BUTTERING OF PUTIN'S EGO TO BETTER HIT HIM IN THE GONADS LATER ON...

 

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YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT — SINCE 2005.

 

         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.