The whole #Ukraine Independence #Banderite movement was exploited and funded by the CIA since 1945.
During the Cold War, we used them as spies and mercenaries against the #USSR. Now we use them as cannon fodder in a regime change op against #Russia & #Putin.
It’s all right here, starting on p. 81 of the book, “Hitler’s Shadow,” published by the US National Archives in 2020, sourced from documents declassified under the #Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act.
It took over 60 years for us to learn of the CIA’s dirty work in #Ukraine.
I just wrote a mega-thread detailing the #CIA’s various projects with Ukrainian nationalist militias and #Nazi war criminals during the Cold War, sourced from declassified documents.
It stands to reason that the masses around the world began to favor #communism after #WWII — out of gratitude to the Soviets for saving them from #fascism.
Evidently this scared the hell out of the fascists in the US government intelligence agencies. 😟
So we had a #ColdWar about it — for the next half century.
THREAD: If we analyze declassified documents from the Central Intelligence Agency, we can learn quite a bit about the US role in the historical development of Ukrainian Nationalism.
The current #Ukraine/#Russia warstarted here — a long, long time ago.
In a declassified CIA document outlining the details of Operation Belladonna, we can see the US had already made contact with #NazisInUkraine who were keen to ally with the US against the #USSR, primarily through development of the Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council (UHVR).
Later on in the document, we can see the known affiliations of the UHVR that the CIA was aware of, specifically the #Bandera & #Melnyk factions of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), in addition to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA).
This very rare WW2 era U.S. Army film "#Nuremberg" documented the #Nazi war criminal trials of 1945-46.
It was shown only once, and only in #Germany, in 1948.
American audiences didn’t get to see it until 2016. By then most WWII vets had passed on.
I think the film did air once on American television 📺 in 1949, but most Americans didn’t have a TV then so they didn’t get to see the actual #Nuremberg footage.
After that it was locked away in the archives and not seen again until the 21st Century when it was restored.
The digital restoration on this footage is incredible. It’s never looked so crisp and clear.