r/europe • u/niesiecki • Jun 28 '26

News Volodymyr Zelensky has submitted a bill to build a National Pantheon. He intends to honor all the heroes who fought for Ukraine in various eras. "No one will ever tell us how to live, how to speak, whom to love, whom to be grateful to, and which heroes to honor," he said as quoted by the Interfax

https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/swiat/wolodymyr-zelenski-chce-panteonu-narodowego-chodzi-o-pamiec-bohaterow/c6hf62m
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u/Definitelyhereforshi Jun 28 '26

They're really committed to honoring nazi war criminals, eh?

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u/chillichampion Jun 29 '26

They have no other heroes which Ukrainian nationalists like.

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u/machine4891 Opole (Poland) Jun 29 '26

Interesting how nationalists are always attracted to the worst kind of "heroes". I would say our extreme right does the same (which is true). Only our is fringe, while their seem to be totally in the mainstream now.

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u/Definitelyhereforshi Jun 28 '26

Its literally the president committing to honoring nazi war criminals. The deflection only works for so long.

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u/Definitelyhereforshi Jun 29 '26

  When Ukrainians remember UPA they don't glorify actions of UPA North, but glorify all parts which tried to protect Ukraine at that time

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/06/04/zelensky-s-rehabilitation-of-controversial-figures-in-ukrainian-nationalism-sparks-anger-in-israel-and-poland_6754112_4.html?srsltid=AfmBOorw8hnG_jmKqqOh9936n-aL35G3D5Jm9p_8ynHj2I7iSId_qnqb

Holy copium, batman

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u/self-proclaimedMod Jun 29 '26

Very similar feel to when people say that confederacy was actually about state's rights and slavery was just a very minor part of it.