Ukranian Nationalists Worked With the Notses Against the Soviets

The western part of ukraine was incorporated into the ukranian republic in the soviet union only in 19 39. Before that, it had never been ruled from moscow. The west ucranians felt that they were being ripped out of the heart of europe and brought into the east. And there were some ukranians who were so desperate to resist incorporation into the soViet union that they worked with the german military against the soviets. It's a trope to try to remind everyone in russia and in ukraine that don't forget there was a moment when the uKranian nationalists worked with the notses against the so