Stepan Bandera becomes Ukrainian hero

Tis is incredible - must be a hoax, fake or something.

Perhaps what Nazi Germany did to Ukraine in WWII was a hoax, fake, or something... The Ukrainian Insurgent Army attempted to stand in the way of this devastation.

I guess he will delcare Hitler a liberator of Ukraine next.

he could have been had he NOT been so blinded by racism

If he wasn't so racist, he wouldn't have started the war in the first place.

Hitler certainly could have been the liberator of Ukraine (and Russia) had he not been a racist. He would have suffocated that psychopath Stalin and liberated the eastern slavs from their decades long tyranny. Ukraine and Russia might have then developed 'normally' as independent countries, living peacefully side-by-side. Instead you had two psychopaths fighting it out...and the peasant paying the price. A pox on both of them.

Plague could have been the hiccups if it didn't kill you.

The UPA was a bunch of criminals and village hooligans welcoming the Germans with bread and salt

It was Stalin and his "bunch of criminals" Communist dupes "welcoming the Germans" and starting WWII,...

the Germans initially were welcomed all over the Soviet Evil Empire even in Moscow until NKVD started their massacres and don't forget more Russians than Ukrainians (including Putin's father) joined and fought for the Germans against Stalin's empire...so please get your facts straight

You really do not know history, the UPA (TRUE UKRAINAN PATRIOTS) DID NOT EVEN EXIST WHEN THE GERMANS INVADED THAT MONSTROSITY CALLED THE USSR. Get you facts straight before you shovel your poop onto the internet.

Glory to Ukraine!! Glory to its Heroes !!!

Yushchenko did the right thing!

Finally ...as usual too little , too late

Its quite fitting that Yushchenko not accept the new Russian Ambassador. Instead, he names Bandera hero!

Putin and Medvedev, put that in your Gazprom pipes and smoke it !!!

I guess Yushchenko told you guys again what he thinks of you!!

Do you think Putin or Medvedev care about what Yushchenko thinks of them. We all know what they both think of him. That's enough. :)

They certainly do care...look how they react...too funny

Yushcheno is an outgoing "caretaker" President he should not be making any controversial decisions without the support of all parties and candidates in the final round ballot.

Is that how you perceive politics to be run, Chinese style with one unified party?

Viktor, it's time to go now, take your babuchka with you, all the money of Ukraine 3000 and before to leave stop this crazy rewriting of history. "Your Ukraine" had never exist.... Only in your brain full of bees.. Bye...

very good reply !!!

Great reply. Yushchenko - you are ill. You are terribly sick. I am ashamed that you were my president. What an embarrassing excuse for a president. Go now.

You dude are the one who has accepted the revision of history as dictated by the communists and russian imperialists. Finally, at long last the TRUE history of Ukraine is coming out. Bandera deserves this title as a national hero. Too bad you have a decaying brain to believe communist propaganda and hold it as the truth. Ukraine has always existed and will exist long after your diseased brain kills your body. Good riddance.

Congratulations Mr. Yushchenko. This has been a long time coming. It is too bad that the Russian displaced persons in Ukraine have to continually show their ignorance. It is sad that they cannot face their history of killings of innocents. May God bless Ukraine and rid the country of its thieves.

Ukrainians should become Little Russians and then there will be peace and brotherhood in the world

before they can be turned into Russians they must be washed and combed and decently dressed

Russians should become Little Ukrainians and then there will be peace and brotherhood in the world.

This is the first time in modern history that a mass murderer becomes a national hero - what country is this thing called "The Ukraine". A fart in history.

Not the first time - where is you Che Gueverra t shirt? U think he never killed anybody?

You mean Che Guevara or somebody else ? Think you must be Ukrainian - poor schooling and so.

A "fart in history" that you fear for some reason. Why so insecure? Whatever you fear you try to destroy...

Bandera fought for Ukraine's independence. He and his family were killed by the Poles, Nazis and Soviets. His brothers Vasyl and Oleksandr were killed Auschwitz. Putin would have you believe that he was a 'nazi' but he was not.

oh god - what incredible trash !

Bandera was a Nazi officer fighting FOR Nazis. And now he is also a 'hero' of Yushchenko's Ukraine. I wonder how long he will retain this bogus status.

Stalin was a Nazi collaborator...he fought FOR Nazis...yet he is loved by the Russian government...

He was a nazi?? Really? How? Where? What was his nazi party number? If you spout nonsense, back it up..

jaki kraj, taki bohater - wstyd

When I heard it first, I thought it was a joke. Apparently, it's not. Yes, it's a funny place this world. Especially the Ukrainian politics is quite a comedy club, and it just keeps getting better. wow....

Bandera - one of the biggest Anti-Semites of the XX-century has now become a "hero" of Ukraine. Shame.

Sorry dude, you do not know history, suggest you go back to school and learn. The biggest anti-semite was Hitler. His pal, Stalin comes in a close second. Bandera was a true Ukrainian patriot and NOTHING ELSE dude. wake up man

Russian troll...Bandera was not an anti-semite...although he certainly was anti-Russian.

Poles, Russians and Jews should just shut up. The founders of Isreal are patented terrorists and main anti-semites considering their relations with semitic Arabs. Poles were nothing but chauvenist occupants and colonists that had no right to live in Ukraine. As to Russian poztriots their beloved Putin gave the title of Russian heroes to Kadyrov, Kadyrov junior and other Chechen warlords that killed lots of Russian soldiers, civilians or used them as slaves in the 1990s.

KP, editors,

Please delete the anti-Sematic pro-Bandera comment above.

Since KP have their server in Germany they commit a crime according to the German Laws by not deleting those antisemitic paroles in their forums.

Number of Ukrainians in the Red army (WWII) = 4.5 million

Number of Ukrainians (or rather, Galychians) in UPA = 20-100 thousands.

UPA shot the Red army in the back when they were in the middle of their war with fascism. So who is the traitor?

Red Army was against independent Ukraine...UPA was fighting for independent Ukraine...no one is a traitor. Your logic is non-existent.

Bandera was an international criminal. As a person who has Polish heritage I am very sad recollecting the atrocities that Bandera was commiting to Polish peasants. Moreover, he was also famous for executing poor Jews. Bandera is the echo of that horrible war.... It is unbelievable to see that some people want that "human" to be their hero...