| | 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 and committed numerous [[war crime]]s and atrocities against [[Polish]], [[Jew]]ish, [[Russian]], [[Belarus]]sian, [[Roma]] and other [[civilian]]s, used this call-response. | | 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 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 them, until the 2022 [[NATO war in Ukraine]]. [[Bandera]] established it as the “[[Ukrainian]]” version of the Nazi call-response, “Heil Hitler-Sieg Heil (Hail Hitler! - Hail Victory!).”<ref>If one does not give the proper response to the greeting, there is reason to suspect their loyalty. [https://youtu.be/uMug9lL1Sgg?t=70]</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 closely identified only with them, until the 2022 [[NATO war in Ukraine]]. [[Bandera]] established it as the “[[Ukrainian]]” version of the Nazi call-response, “Heil Hitler-Sieg Heil (Hail Hitler! - Hail Victory!).”<ref>If one does not give the proper response, there is reason to suspect their loyalty. [https://youtu.be/uMug9lL1Sgg?t=70]</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 [[hero]]es of whichever national identity group contributed to the defeat of fascism and [[Nazism]] in the [[Great Patriotic War]]. | | 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]]. |