Canada plays into Russian narrative that it is ‘denazifying’ Ukraine

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his lawmakers unintentionally gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a reason to justify his invasion of Ukraine. This happened after the Canadian parliament gave a standing ovation to a Ukrainian World War II veteran who had fought alongside the Nazis. The incident played into Putin’s narrative that he invaded Ukraine to “denazify” the country. Putin criticized the incident and stated that it confirmed Russia’s goal of denazifying Ukraine.