Putin's Excuse for War Against Ukraine

After the end of the Second World War concerns were raised about how  “thousands of Ukrainian Nazis”  somehow escaped justice and emigrated to Europe and North America. In the lead-up to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Putin asserted that “defeating Naziism” in Ukraine left him no other choice but to attack.

Did you know that both cases have their origins in a Soviet-era campaign intended to provoke social discord and conflict throughout the West?

Lubomyr Luciuk, Professor of Political Geography at the Royal Military College of Canada, sheds light on how "Operation Payback" unfolded.