During the [[Russo-Ukraine war]], Russian radio pranksters Vovan and Lexus called mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida of Madrid pretending to be mayor [[Vitali Klitschko]] of [[Kyiv]]. They persuaded Martinez-Almeida to organize a [[gay parade]] in honor of [[World War II]] Ukrainian Nazi war criminal [[Stepan Bandera]]. Martinez-Almeida asked if Bandera himself would attend the parade, and expressed condolences to the Ukrainian side after learning that the "icon of the gay community" had already died. Martinez-Almeida also promised to send Ukrainian refugees to fight in Ukraine: "They should not rest on the beaches of Spain. Now their task is to die on the battlefield."<ref>https://youtu.be/HWIcDIrXFmE</ref> | During the [[Russo-Ukraine war]], Russian radio pranksters Vovan and Lexus called mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida of Madrid pretending to be mayor [[Vitali Klitschko]] of [[Kyiv]]. They persuaded Martinez-Almeida to organize a [[gay parade]] in honor of [[World War II]] Ukrainian Nazi war criminal [[Stepan Bandera]]. Martinez-Almeida asked if Bandera himself would attend the parade, and expressed condolences to the Ukrainian side after learning that the "icon of the gay community" had already died. Martinez-Almeida also promised to send Ukrainian refugees to fight in Ukraine: "They should not rest on the beaches of Spain. Now their task is to die on the battlefield."<ref>https://youtu.be/HWIcDIrXFmE</ref> |