| | The 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 and committed numerous [[war crime]]s and atrocities against [[Polish]], [[Jew]]ish, [[Russian]], [[Belarus]]sian, [[Roma]] and other [[civilian]]s, used this call-response. | | The 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 and committed numerous [[war crime]]s and atrocities against [[Polish]], [[Jew]]ish, [[Russian]], [[Belarus]]sian, [[Roma]] and other [[civilian]]s, used this call-response. |
| − | 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 the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU) official [[military]] greeting.<ref>https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/250641</ref> It was closely identified only with [[Ukrainian Nazi]]'s, until the 2022 [[NATO war in Ukraine]] when it gained wider usage in [[the West]] especially among [[political]] leaders. Nazi leader [[Stepan Bandera]] established it as the “[[Ukrainian]]” version of the Nazi call-response, “[[Heil Hitler]]-[[Sieg Heil]] (Hail Hitler! - Hail Victory!).”<ref>[https://youtu.be/uMug9lL1Sgg?t=70 If one does not give the proper response, there is reason to suspect their loyalty.]</ref> | + | 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 the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU) official [[military]] greeting.<ref>https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/250641</ref> It was previously closely identified only with [[Ukrainian Nazi]]'s, until the 2022 [[NATO war in Ukraine]] when it gained wider usage in [[the West]], especially among [[political]] leaders. Nazi leader [[Stepan Bandera]] established it as the “[[Ukrainian]]” version of the Nazi call-response, “[[Heil Hitler]]-[[Sieg Heil]] (Hail Hitler! - Hail Victory!).”<ref>[https://youtu.be/uMug9lL1Sgg?t=70 If one does not give the proper response, there is reason to suspect their loyalty.]</ref> |