The spokesman of Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Heorhii Tykhyi, said that the latest statement by the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico [claiming Nazis are fighting in Ukraine] about the Ukrainian military contradicts the "level of trust and cooperation" between the two states.
“Ukrainian soldiers are defending their families, homes, and country, as well as the entire Europe and the free world, from Russian invaders marked with the letter "Z" - a symbol of modern Russia's fascist aesthetics. Countering Russian aggression, for Ukrainians, adds to the nation's history of resistance against totalitarian regimes over the last century,” Tykhyi wrote in a press release on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
Tykhyi emphasized that Ukraine suffered massive losses because of the Nazis.
“In the twentieth century, the Ukrainian people suffered millions of losses in the fight against Nazism,” said Ukraine’s spokesperson. “Another tragic chapter in our country's history is the Holocaust, when the Nazis committed horrific atrocities against Ukraine's Jewish communities, killing approximately one and a half million Jews.”
He also confirmed Kyiv's readiness for further constructive dialogue, "in line with the traditionally warm and good-neighborly relations between the Slovak and Ukrainian peoples."
On Monday, September 9, PM Fico stated that there are military personnel in Ukraine allegedly connected to Nazi and fascist movements, but the international community does not react to it.
“The international community must recognize that troops who use Nazi names, who often behave like Nazis, cannot fight in Ukraine," he added, without specifying who he meant.
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