'''''Slava Ukraine!''''' (СЛАВА УКРАЇНІ , Eng: '''''Glory to Ukraine'''''. The response is, '''''Glory to the Heroes'''''.
'''''Slava Ukraine!''''' (СЛАВА УКРАЇНІ , Eng: '''''Glory to Ukraine'''''. The response is, '''''Glory to the Heroes'''''.
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In 2018, ''Israeli National News'' reported that the World War II Nazi collaborator greeting became the official Ukraine army salute, "Slava Ukraine!" These words and greeting became [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU) official [[military]] greeting.<ref>https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/250641</ref> While the Ukrainian [[fascist]] salute glorifies a single national identity group<ref>https://www.dw.com/en/new-glory-to-ukraine-army-chant-invokes-nationalist-past/a-45215538</ref> - Ukraine - the Russian response is "Glory to the Heroes", or all the heroes of whichever national identity group contributed to the defeat of fascism and Nazism in World War II.
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Thw salutation was popularized by the [[Ukrainian Nazi]], [[Stepan Bandera]], and became his slogan. Both his organizations, the [[Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN) and the [[Ukraine Insurgent Army]] (UPA), allied with the [[Nazi]]s, used this call-response and it is now closely identified only with them. [[Bandera]] established it as the “[[Ukrainian]]” version of the Nazi call-response, “Heil Hitler-Sieg Heil (Hail Hitler! - Hail Victory!).”
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In 2018, ''Israeli National News'' reported that the [[World War II]] Nazi collaborator greeting became the official Ukraine army salute, "Slava Ukraine!" These words and greeting became [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU) official [[military]] greeting.<ref>https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/250641</ref>
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While the Ukrainian [[fascist]] salute glorifies a single national identity group<ref>https://www.dw.com/en/new-glory-to-ukraine-army-chant-invokes-nationalist-past/a-45215538</ref> - Ukraine - the [[Russian]] response is "Glory to the Heroes", or all the [[hero]]es of whichever national identity group contributed to the defeat of fascism and [[Nazism]] in the [[Great Patriotic War]].