There’s powerful history in the slurs that Ukrainians and pro-Russian separatists are slinging at each other
Activists of the Svoboda (Freedom) Ukrainian nationalist party hold torches as they take part in a rally to mark the 105th year since the birth of Stepan Bandera, one of the founders of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), in Kiev. The portrait in the foreground is of Stepan Bandera.
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