#Thread re: an anti-Semitic ๐บ๐ฆ nationalist troll @oz_uke, who in fact is named Simon Bojko, a member of the Ass'n of Ukrainians in South Australia & likely a member of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists-Bandera (OUN-B). Below are "oz_uke" comments to @ZelenskyyUa & me: /1
The first 2 screenshots are some of oz_uke's hateful comments to Eduard Dolinsky, the director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, including calling him a "filthy ะถะธะด" ("yid"). 3rd photo is a FB comment by Simon Bojko about Dolinsky. As shall be seen, they're the same person. /2
Some of the things that made me realize they're the same person: this FB comment by Bojko that I blocked him on Twitter; I've only blocked a handful of people. They both posted this image & similar caption the same day. Oh & "simon.bojko@b******.com" is oz_uke's email address. /3
"oz_uke" has a FB account under the name "Bohdan Kravchyshyn"--we will call BK--clearly a fake profile: facebook.com/bohdan.kravchyโฆ. BK+Bojko are 2 of the top commenters on very pro-OUN "Ukrainian Australian Fake News Network" (UAFNN), which obsesses over me, Dolinsky, and others /4
The month UAFNN was created (1/19), so were 2 FB profiles: B.Kravchyshyn+another seemingly fake account, S.Hrynchyshyn ("SH") facebook.com/stefan.hrynchyโฆ --other top UAFNN commenter, likely also Bojko. BK+SH=similar user/surnames & profiles & both made prof pics @usuprun same day. /5
That BK, SH, Bojko, & UAFNN's FB comments are indistinguishable, plus everything else, makes me inclined to think that Bojko (the only verifiably real person) is behind all of it, on behalf of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Orgs (AFUO) &/or OUN-B. More photos of him: /6
Before getting more into Bojko & the ๐ฆ๐บ Federation of ๐บ๐ฆOrgs (AFUO), I'd like to note the chairman of the AFUO & global leader of the OUN-B, Stefan Romaniw, follows @oz_uke, & is FB friends with Bojko. "oz_uke" follows typical int'l OUN(B)-tied accounts & even some neo-Nazis: /7
On FB, Bojko is "friends" with global OUN-B leader Stefan Romaniw, and the Australian OUN-B leader Jaroslav Duma (who is also the Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Sydney), and Duma's brother Peter, former international leader of OUN-B's Ukrainian Youth Association (CYM/SUM/UYA). /8
Btw, I realized via the "Fake News Network" that Jaroslav Duma is the OUN-B leader in ๐ฆ๐บ:
. Below is Duma in Munich with other Dumas, all CYM/SUM leaders in ๐ฆ๐บ, at the grave of OUN-B leader, Nazi collaborator, & fascist war criminal Yaroslav Stetsko. /9
Speaking of Stetsko, @stefanromaniw, the longtime chairman of the ๐ฆ๐บ Federation of ๐บ๐ฆ Orgs who is also 1st VP of the @UWCongress and global leader of the OUN-B, bid Stetsko farewell on behalf of international ๐บ๐ฆnationalist youth ("CYM/SUMivtsi"). /10
Simon Bojko has said on FB that he is a "financial member" of the Association of Ukrainians in South Australia (AUSA)--a member org of the AFUO--and according to AUSA's former newsletter, he helped organize its annual Ukrainian NYE celebration ("Malanka"), at least in 2011. /11
1 more thing about Bojko. I'm not sure if he is/was a member of the OUN-B's Youth Ass'n, (which seems to be dominated by the Duma clan), but at least in 2006-07, he was part of the leadership of Plast (Ukrainian Scouts) in South Australia (see p.10): plast.org.au/docs/visnyk/20โฆ /12
Back to the "Fake News Network" (UAFNN), which was created above all to counter a Facebook page called the "Australian Ukrainian Congress" (AUC)โcreated by a former Liberal MP to challenge the legitimacy of Romaniw's OUN-B and ๐ฆ๐บ Federation of ๐บ๐ฆ Orgs (AFUO). Lots of acronyms /13
There is no official UAFNN-AFUO connection, but a month before the creation of the UAFNN, the AFUO released this statement, evidently drafted by Jaroslav Duma, the OUN-B leader in Australia, denouncing the AUC as "Fake News" (using that phrase 8x): ozeukes.com/community/statโฆ /14
According to the UAFNN (formerly "AUC Fake News"), the "Australian Ukrainian Congress" & other allied FB pages/groups are the work of 1 person, so it makes sense that 1 person from @Ozeukes (i.e. @oz_uke) would manage several accounts to "fight [fake] fire with [fake] fire." /15
The UAFNN has even claimed the AUC's Andrew Olexander, who they call "AndyO," (the basis to call me "MossR," which begat "Mosser the Tosser"), is a member of OUN-B, as well as his late mother, "ACCORDING TO THE OUN[-B] LEADERSHIP"--which begs the Q: how would the UAFNN know? /16
In conclusion, it seems clear to me that 1) the UAFNN is a creation of the AFUO &/or OUN-B; 2) Simon Bojko is @oz_uke/"Bohdan Kravchyshyn" & likely "Stefan Hrynchyshyn" & behind the UAFNN itself; therefore 3) Bojko is essentially the Australian OUN-B's digital attack dog (dingo?)
UPDATE 1: the UAFNN has responded to this thread and denied everything, but only refuted one minor point, that they had special knowledge AUC's Andrew Olexander was an OUN member, because he made a FB post claiming to have resigned. Funny they don't bother addressing the rest.
UPDATE 2: the "Ukrainian Australian Fake News Network" has (finally!) made me a meme. Something interesting about this is that the ๐ฆ๐บ leader of OUN-B has previously called me "one of Putin's puppies," which is apparently one of his favorite sayings. Is that you, Jaroslav Duma?
UPDATE 3: LOL this is amazing. After I posted this (
), the UAFNN was triggered enough to post a pic of me & the U.S. leader(s) of the OUN-B which they asked to take after kicking me out of a Center for US-Ukrainian Relations event I tried to attend in March
I've never seen this pic before, although I emailed the OUN-B leaders of the CUSUR (Mykola Hryckowian, L, & Walter Zaryckyj, R) asking them to send me the photo. To me this proves they circulated this pic to Australian OUN-B, and the latter is behind UAFNN
Part 3 ๐งตโ Some have said Azov can't be neo-Nazi, because one of its most famous fighters is of "Jewish origin." After losing a leg in Azovstal and being freed in a prisoner exchange, Ruslan "David" Serbov visited Israel for rehabilitation, which he used to promote ๐บ๐ฆ Nazi brands
"David" was among the Azov fighters flown to Mariupol by ๐บ๐ฆ military intelligence after ๐ท๐บ invaded. Here he is in
Azovstal with Oleksandr Kravtsov, the Hitler-tattooed commander of the "ะะตะดะผะตะดั SS," an openly neo-Nazi squad that fought with Azov Regiment.
Azov's "myth-busting" website () says that "David" went to Israel in November 2022. By February 2023 he visited the Dead Sea, wearing a hoodie that says "NS," which is a double entendre: "National Socialist" and "North Side," the name of this neo-Nazi brand azovcontrafake.com
According to his LinkedIn account, Smelyansky has worked in Tel Aviv for years and has "native or bilingual" proficiency in Hebrew + Russian, but he obviously identifies as a ๐บ๐ฆ neo-Nazi. Here he is with Azov leader Andriy Biletsky, wearing ๐บ๐ฆ Nazi brands "SvaStone" and "REICH."
Smelyansky's a big fan of SvaStone owned by Arseniy Bilodub, a leader of extremist Right Sector & the neo-Nazi band "Sokyra Peruna." Smelyansky has one of their "V Legion" shirts & his private Instagram quotes one of their songs. He met Bilodub last year.
The "Israeli Friends of Ukraine" is said to be "the leading pro-๐บ๐ฆ organization in ๐ฎ๐ฑ" & works closely w. the ๐บ๐ฆ embassy in Tel Aviv. Zelensky awarded medals (3rd degree Order of Merit) to IFU co-chairs, including Vyacheslav Feldman who has signed rockets for Gaza "Slava Ukraini"
A year ago, the "Israeli Friends of Ukraine" arranged meetings in Tel Aviv for Azov vet Arseniy Fedosiuk (circled in 3rd pic), whose wife has traveled around the world on behalf of this neo-Nazi movement & used to work for one of its far-right publishers.
Does anyone think that the far-right Svoboda party having a unit in Ukraine's National Guard led to the "depoliticization" of either? Of course not, because that sounds ridiculous, except when you replace "Svoboda party" with "Azov movement," then you are making perfect sense...
@lingerence noticed that "Rubizh," the ๐จ๐ฆ-trained "Rapid Reaction Brigade" in ๐บ๐ฆNat'l Guard, shared an image of one of its solders w. red eyes and a patch of neo-Nazi "Misanthropic Division" affiliated with Azov mvmt. He's also wearing an Azov-linked brand, "Company Group Team."
Zelensky also awarded the "Hero of Ukraine" title to Andriy Zhovanyk (1975-2022), commander of the far-right "V Legion" sponsored by the neo-Nazi brand "SvaStone" and linked to neo-Nazi band "Sokyra Peruna." Zhovanyk's squad fought with far-right Carpathian Sich and Right Sector.
V Legion social media includes unsurprising hints of Nazism. They're promoted by the white supremacist SvaStone brand, and advertised a concert in honor of "Hammer," a neo-Nazi commander from Right Sector (who had a V Legion shirt)
Photo of V Legion with ๐บ๐ธ tanks including its Nazi deputy commander, Andriy Bilodub of SvaStone, Sokyra Peruna and Right Sector. In another post featuring Bilodub, the caption says "our squad performs the following tasks ... [including] preparation for coups, regimes overthrow."