The existence of radical battalions is the result of a complex and troubled history. Their importance is amplified by Putin to justify the invasion.
By Guillaume Perrier
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AT twelve kilometers north of the town of Vinnytsia lie the vestiges of a troubled history, buried in the middle of a pine forest. A few shattered concrete blocks, covered with vegetation and a layer of snow, lie scattered in the middle of a park now cordoned off by Ukrainian forces due to the conflict. It was here that one of the high places of Nazism during the Second World War was located. The “Wehrwolf”, the “werewolf”, is the code name of this former complex of 80 chalets and three bunkers, built by more than 4,000 prisoners of war, which served as Hitler’s headquarters on the eastern front of the war. The Führer stayed there for more than three months in the summer of 1942, when he was launching the offensive on Stalingrad, and he visited at least two other…
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