by: JD Heyes
(Natural News) The head of a top Israeli organization has accused the Canadian government of being complicit in the training of Ukrainian soldiers with strong ties to neo-Nazism.
Efraim Zuroff, the Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Israel, has denounced Canadian troops for providing the training, though Ottawa is denying culpability by using the excuse that Canadian forces did not vet the Ukrainian troops before providing the training — which is lame considering all Western governments have known for years that Ukrainian formations like the Azov Battalion have long ties to neo-Nazi beliefs.
“The Canadian government has not paid due attention,” Zuroff told Citizen of Ottawa last week, according to the site B92.net.
“The Government of Canada did not exercise due diligence,” Zuroff added. “Defence Canada has an obligation to know exactly who they are training.”
He went on to insist that the responsibility lies with the Canadian Ministry of Defense to know exactly whom its soldiers are training.
“There is no doubt that there are neo-Nazis in Ukraine in various forms, whether in the Azov Regiment or other organizations,” he said.
B92.net adds:
His comments followed a report by Radio Canada on Monday that in November 2020, Canadian troops were photographed training members of the Azov Regiment, as well as at least one soldier with the identification marks of the SS division “Galicia”, a Ukrainian unit that fought on the side of the Nazis in World War II.
The Canadian military has acknowledged the authenticity of the photographs, according to the Ottawa Citizen. However, the Canadian Forces (CAF) have denied that they are required to test the soldiers they train.