Thread by @les_politiques

There is "mounting evidence pointing to the #Canada Armed Forces having trained members of #Ukraine’s military who are also reported to be part of extremist groups"ctvnews.ca/world/mounting… h/t @KoenSwinkels

A "report from George Washington University that found extremists in the Ukrainian military were bragging about being trained by Canadians as part of Operation UNIFIER" #Ukraine #Azov #Canada #cdnpoli

"soldiers from the #Azov regiment, identified by patches on their clothing and other insignias, have participated in training with the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) as recently as 2020 at the western-backed Zolochiv training centre in Western #Ukraine." #cdnpoli

"CTVNews was able to find evidence on the social media account of #Azov regiment leader Kyrylo Berkal, call sign “Kirt,” of mbrs training with Canadian instructors...Berkal's social media features #Nazi symbols and other extremist views." #cdnpoli #Ukraine

The West, and Canada in particular, who is second to the US in training Ukraine's military, are easily washing their hands from this Nazi thing: "The CAF said...“#Ukraine is a sovereign country” responsible for recruiting and vetting its own security forces." #cdnpoli

The West, and Canada in particular, are willingly closing their eyes on the presence of #Nazis in the #Ukraine military: “Canadians don’t get to pick who they do and don’t train” on advise and assist missions like the one in Ukraine. #cdnpoli

“At the same time, when you’re training hundreds or thousands of people over six-and-a-half years in an eastern European country, it is unavoidable that you’re going to get some folks who are xenophobic or extremists.” #Ukraine #Canada #cdnpoli #Nazis

There was one fleeting Nazi flag sighting at the #FreedomConvoy2022 in Ottawa. Although it was raised to draw a comparison between vaccine mandates and Nazis, #Trudeau's media proceeded to cast extremist labels on the protests and Trudeau/#Freeland suspended individual rights...

But now they're telling us that a well armed and trained force, which is officially part of the #Ukraine national guard, is a bunch of xenophobes? #Canada #cdnpoli

The same month there were protests in Ottawa against #Trudeau gov, deputy PM #ChrystiaFreeland appeared at pro #Ukraine rally holding a Nazi flag & posted the pic on her Twitter account. Freeland deleted the post later. Canadian media either ignored or rushed to justify the fact.

It is no secret that #ChrystiaFreeland's grand father was a Nazi collaborator. She has never recognized the fact nor apologized for it. When confronted in 2017 with this fact, she labelled it as Russian disinformation. ottawacitizen.com/news/national/… #cdnpoli