The Ukrainian Maidan revolution in 2014 was in many ways a pretext for the current war between Russia and Ukraine.
While some in the mainstream media have been speaking as if Putin's claims regarding Ukrainian neo nazi aggression against Russian leaning people are irrelevant or untrue, this documentary provides important insight that can help us to see some of the history that Putin is referencing.
In 'Extreme World', Ross Kemp (a British TV Actor) travelled the world to spend time with some of the most dangerous groups in order to expose their thinking and record rare evidence of significant world events.
In this episode he travelled to spend time with the Ultra nationalist (and often Nazi minded) defenders of Ukraine, back in 2015.
He travelled to the border with Russia and saw direct evidence of the shelling and cross border violence that was routine even back then and that has been ongoing though until today.
As we previously saw in Part 1 and Part 2 of our investigation into Putin's claims of Ukrainian Neo-Nazism, some of what Putin has claimed is provably true - in particular that Russian forces have been fighting Ukrainian 'Ultra' Nationalists for many years.
If we are going to defuse this terrible war and stop any further suffering it is essential to stick to the facts, despite any dislike we may have for any of the groups involved. It IS a fact that there are real neo-Nazis with real 'white power' ideologies in Ukraine that are well armed and who are trained to fight Russia to the death. So the remaining question is whether Putin is genuinely attacking Ukraine because of these people and their extremist ideology, or whether he is just using them as an excuse to try to gain territory, win political approval or perhaps achieve an ideological goal.
There is never any excuse for such violence from any group and while it might be a challenge to prove who is responsible for starting the violence here, both sides have responsibility for escalating it. Ultimately the grievance comes down to a claim on and ownership and ideological differences - with the gap between the groups leading them both to see themselves as freedom fighters and the other group as terrorists.
As this video shows, there is a real lack of intent to find peace and the feelings of rage and fear are palpable from the warriors involved. With such engrained beliefs and with people who have already decided to fight to the death, the future looks bleak and the best we can do is shine a light into the situation to try to help everyone involved realise where the mistakes have been made and to move towards harmony in place of death.
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