The History of Ukrainian Nationalism and Wars With Russia

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its third year, President Donald Trump sent shockwaves through the international community when he said that Ukraine started the current war which rages within its borders.

Of course that remark sounds ludicrous on its face. Obviously Ukraine didn't invade itself, but there is more to the story -- much more -- that President Trump didn't explain.

What the president failed to mention was that the present conflict between Russia and Ukraine (one of many over the past hundred years) is a regime change operation dating back to the old Cold War era, revived in the 21st Century, that was funded, organized, and propped up for decades by the CIA, Britain's MI6, and the intelligence agencies of our Western European allies.

President Trump also failed to mention that the "freedom fighters" we backed in Ukraine -- then, as now -- were often Nazis.

That's not hyperbole. We're talking actual Nazis (and their direct descendants, both literal and ideological). That's who we placed our support behind, in hopes of destroying the Soviet Union -- and still do today, in hopes of overthrowing the government of Putin's Russia.

The current war in Ukraine started 80 years ago during the waning days of WWII.

Under the guise of fighting communism during the Cold War, the CIA and other U.S. government agencies recruited, armed, trained, funded, and in some cases imported former top Nazis -- then covered it all up.

This information was kept secret from the American people for nearly 60 years.

Documents declassified under the 1998 Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act reveal shocking discoveries that historians like me spent years deciphering.

I've pieced together much of the puzzle in my podcast series "Hidden History Revealed," which you can watch on my YouTube channel here.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXBcSYiYQxlcefw6FSxdyPXBi-F-IZGLd

I recently joined S.L. Kanthan of Sputnik India for an in-depth discussion of the CIA's covert work with former Nazi war criminals and collaborators in Ukraine, Germany, Belarus, and later spreading into the Middle East -- Palestine, Syria, Egypt, and Iraq.

I'll also take you through the century-long history of the Ukrainian nationalists (aka the "Nazis in Ukraine") -- whose existence and ideology actually predated the rise of Nazi Germany by nearly 20 years but as you will hear, their goals ran along parallel lines, leading to an alliance with the Nazis during WWII and later, with Western intelligence agencies.

Why is Stephan Bandera still considered a national hero in Ukraine to this day? What lies at the heart of this conflict between Russia and Ukraine that has spanned more than 100 years, through cold and hot wars, leading us to the brutal war that still rages now and which President Trump hopes to end?

Our conversation took place live on X Spaces. If you're interested in the deep history of the Russia/Ukraine conflict, you'll find this fascinating!