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Following backlash over a PR photoshoot in which a Ukrainian soldier wore Nazi symbol patches on his equipment, the Ukrainian Border Guard deleted the offending post on social media on Thursday.
The October 31 Facebook album showed a soldier with the double SS bolts of the Schutzstaffel on his rifle. A patch on the soldier’s plate carrier depicted a Nazi-style Reichsadler eagle, with the Ukrainian heraldic trident replacing the Nazi swastika.
“There are two sides to each of us. We only show the darkness to the enemy,” said the post, which depicted soldiers with photoshopped demonic shadows.
The Facebook post was deleted Thursday after comments from social media users mocked the Border Patrol over an official post featuring Nazi imagery.
The same soldier also had pornographic content on his equipment, including a pink knife sheath with an image of a naked woman in Japanese anime art style.
Members of the Azov Battalion attend a Volunteer Day gathering in honor of fighters, who joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces during a military conflict in the country’s eastern regions, in central Kiev, Ukraine, March 14, 2020. (credit : REUTERS/GLEB GARANICH)
The same Nazi-style Reichsadler, virtually identical to the one used by Nazi elements such as the Armed Forces High Command, had previously been part of controversy in the ongoing issue of Ukrainian soldiers caught with Nazi and neo-Nazi imagery and symbolism on their screen. person and equipment.
Jewish Azov Battalion
Two Jewish Azov Battalion with shirts with the same logo were photographed in October 2023 together with a representative of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine (FJCU).
In 2022, North Atlantic Treaty Organization social media celebrated International Women’s Day and women’s contributions to Ukrainian Armed Forces was removed after a soldier was spotted wearing the neo-Nazi black sun Sonnenrad symbol.
The Sonnenrad was also featured in old patches for the Azov Battalionan independent neo-Nazi militia integrated into the Ukrainian National Armed Forces. Although incorporated into the wider military system, the battalion still uses the Wolfsangel which was adopted by many Nazi military units and later neo-Nazi organizations.