Una delle cose più strane di questa guerra è la cospicua presenza di simboli nazisti da entrambe le parti (Battaglione Azov, Mozart o Wagner Group per citarne alcuni).
Per quale motivo popolazioni slave, che Hitler considerava subumane e ha cercato di soggiogare e sterminare, hanno preso tanto a cuore l'ideologia e la simbologia nazista ?
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| Da sinistra verso destra: Wolfsangel della 2° Panzer Division "Das Reich" e due varianti dell'Azov logo |
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| Dmitry Utkin, uno dei fondatori della Wagner con tatuaggi nazisti |
Etnicamente siamo già di fronte ad una guerra fratricida. Nonostante la propaganda odierna anche Samuel P. Huntington nel suo libro "Clash of Civilization" del 1996 unisce gli Ucraini e i Russi nella stessa famiglia (Ortodossi).
Oltre alla stessa etnia in questa guerra i contendenti hanno in comune anche gli stessi richiami all'ideologia nazista, perché ?
L'estremo nazionalismo non sarebbe meglio manifestato tatuandosi bandiere del proprio paese ?Perché proprio il nazismo ?
Evidentemente qualcosa dell'incredibile efferatezza dell'esercito nazista durante la sua marcia verso est deve essere rimasto nel DNA di quei popoli. A questo proposito mi viene in mente quello che è probabilmente il più bel film contro la guerra della storia del cinema, Come and See (1985) del regista Russo Elem Klimov
L'interrogativo resta in parte ancora aperto...
Per chi volesse approfondire su questi gruppi mercenari:
WAGNER (Russia): https://theintercept.com/2022/10/19/russia-hack-wagner-group-yevgeny-prigozhin/ https://theintercept.com/2022/03/31/ukraine-war-russia-wagner-group-mercenaries/ https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/04/04/why-this-us-general-says-russian-wagner-mercenaries-in-africa-concern-me-greatly/ https://www.valigiablu.it/gruppo-wagner-russia-ucraina/ https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1581186026524975104 https://twitter.com/200_zoka/status/1583217381714718720 https://c4ads.org/commentary/2019-6-13-paper-trails/ https://www.newamerica.org/international-security/reports/decoding-wagner-group-analyzing-role-private-military-security-contractors-russian-proxy-warfare/executive-summary-key-findings/ https://www.fidh.org/en/region/north-africa-middle-east/syria/syria-russia-wagner-appeal-european-court-human-rights https://vk.com/wall-177427428_1194 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/26/world/europe/russia-wagner-group-prigozhin.html https://theintercept.com/2022/04/22/russia-hackers-leaked-data-ukraine-war/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/19/russia-deployed-20000-mercenaries-ukraine-donbas-region https://www.bbc.com/news/world-60947877 https://www.justice.gov/file/1035477/download https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/10/africa/russian-journalists-car-ambush-intl/index.html PRIGOZHIN (Wagner Founder): https://www.grid.news/story/ukraine-russia/2022/03/23/why-the-us-crackdown-on-oligarchs-could-fail/ https://theintercept.com/2022/11/11/russia-yevgeny-prigozhin-interpol/ https://intelligence.house.gov/social-media-content/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-concord/u-s-prosecutors-drop-mueller-era-case-against-russian-firm-idUSKBN21405P https://www.ft.com/content/6f3ce193-ab7d-4449-ac1b-751d49b1aaf8 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/07/intense-dread-and-infighting-among-russian-elites-as-putins-war-falters https://ria.ru/20220625/prigozhin-1798085451.html https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2020/08/14/pmc-structure-exposed/ https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/minister-names-more-law-firms-acting-for-russians-on-sanctions/5111993.article DMITRY UTKIN (Wagner co founder): https://www.respublica.lt/neonacizmas-rusijos-samdiniu-tarpe https://censor.net/en/resonance/381743/mystery_of_wagners_identity_unfolded_he_is_russian_officer_and_head_of_large_private_military_company https://twitter.com/stzaryn/status/1438219187470614535 GRUPPO MOZART (Ucraina): https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewmilburn2020/ https://www.stripes.com/multimedia/podcasts/military_matters/2022-06-09/andrew-milburn-mozart-group-ukraine-6276215.html https://www.themozartgroup.com/ https://www.forces.net/ukraine/ex-us-special-forces-commander-sets-ukraine-based-military-training-centre https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/08/19/in-ukraine-the-mozart-group-marches-to-the-beat-of-its-own-drum_5994118_4.html https://newsrnd.com/news/2022-08-25-what-is-the-mozart-group--which-trains-ukrainians-in-battle-.ryxFDczSys.html https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/military/2022-04-13/former-us-special-operations-commander-tampa-area-ukraine-training-soldiers
AZOV (Ucraina): https://www.open.online/temi/battaglione-azov/ https://www.micromega.net/battaglione-azov/ https://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/zelenskyy-speech-at-greek-parliament-overshadowed-by-azov-video/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/azov-fighter-video-overshadows-zelenskiys-address-greek-lawmakers-2022-04-07/ https://youtu.be/OFzxyLFLK0g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0tAWaNEhU8&ab_channel=TheHill https://youtu.be/iDG_hWlVda4 https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/canadian-officials-who-met-with-ukrainian-unit-linked-to-neo-nazis-feared-exposure-by-news-media-documents https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/allegations-of-canadian-troops-training-neo-nazis-and-war-criminals-sparks-military-review