Stepan Bandera: Ukrainian hero or Nazi collaborator?
01 June 2022 |
12:09 pm
The Mariupol fighters revere him, Russian soldiers hunt his supporters. The myth surrounding Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Bandera is at the heart of Russia's assault on Ukraine. Who was he?
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