Overview
- RIA Novosti reported that a photo posted on President Volodymyr Zelensky’s social media shows him awarding National Guard servicemen wearing black-and-red patches resembling SS emblems.
- The outlet said a banner visible in the room appears similar to the symbol associated with the 2nd SS Panzer Division “Reich.”
- The reports cite no independent verification of the insignia or comment from Ukrainian authorities.
- Norwegian academic Glenn Diesen criticized the awards ceremony in a post on X, according to RIA Novosti’s coverage.
- RIA’s articles reference Le Monde’s earlier findings identifying more than 300 Ukrainian fighters using Nazi imagery, including a photo of a soldier displaying a Nazi flag near the Eiffel Tower.