max blumenthal, an independent investigative journalist, documents the u.s.upporting neo-nazi elements in ukraine. also harassing the africans who are trying to evacuate ukraine. this is a farce. i do not believe that this will end like it did with gaddafi being drug through the streets. host: that is ezekiel. guest: almost everything you say is factually wrong. the united states did not conduct a coup in ukraine. what happened is essentially this. the ukrainian government, under previous president yana covid, the leader who won the 2010 election, was working on a trade agreement with the european union and they were just about to conclude that when russia said no. yana covid -- yanakovtich did not obey the order and many started protesting. then, the ukrainian president unleashed his police on them, it was a nasty crackdown, as a result of which it did not succeed. a day or so later there were hundreds of thousands of people in the streets of kyiv protesting not just the trade agreement, but on the authoritarian regime in power. and those demonstrations last

showed new nazi gestures being made that ukrainian stadiums, editor of the grey zone you side. max blumenthal says it's particularly important to report on the issue of extremism in the conflict. sunsets the west who supplying crane with weapons as i just revealed at the grey zone. the bbc corresponded and fixer who is shaping that networks. coverage of the events around mar, you poll, is actually a ukrainian nationalist. public relations operative who is involved in creating a viral app that is being called by the washington post, one of the you top ukrainian information weapons. and so i'm not surprised with the white washing. it is unfortunate though that western audiences are deprived of important context on ukrainian politics. and what brought the situation to this point. ukraine is one of the only countries in the world that has an officially neo nazi unit with nazi inspired insignia incorporated into national guard. who civilian wing, the national corps has operated under the auspices officially of the interior ministry when arms are pouring in and we are seeing british made light anti

neo nazi gestures be made ukrainian stadiums of for more on this, we are joined to live now by max blumenthal, editor of the gray zone marks welcome to artsy, international. thank you for joining us. and so in the past, the bbc and other sources have been keen to mention the legend, neo nazi threats in ukraine. but they seem somewhat hesitant now. are you surprised by that? i'm not surprised at all because as i just revealed at the gray zone, the b, b. c correspondent and fixer who is shaping that networks coverage of the events around mar, you poll is actually a ukrainian nationalist. public relations operative who is involved in creating a viral app that is being called by the washington post, one of the top ukrainian information weapons. this is a network that is completely on the chosen sides in this war and is a part of the british state. and so i'm not surprised with the white washing. it is unfortunate though that western audiences are deprived of important context on ukrainian politics. and what brought the situation to this point because as we know, latimer zalinski who campaigned on

max blumenthal, an independent investigative journalist, documents the u.s.porting neo-nazi elements in ukraine. also harassing the africans who are trying to evacuate ukraine. this is a farce. i do not believe that this will end like it did with gaddafi being drug through the streets. host: that is ezekiel. guest: almost everything you say is factually wrong. the united states did not conduct a coup in ukraine. what happened is essentially this. the ukrainian government, under previous president yana covid, the leader who won the 2010 election, was working on a trade agreement with the european union and they were just about to conclude that when russia said no. yana covid -- yanakovtich did not obey the order and many started protesting. then, the ukrainian president unleashed his police on them, it was a nasty crackdown, as a result of which it did not succeed. a day or so later there were hundreds of thousands of people in the streets of kyiv protesting not just the trade agreement, but on the authoritarian regime in power. and those demonstrations lasted