Nazi “Defenders of Ukraine:” Sadistic Murderers, Torturers and Rapists Stephen Lendman Armed, funded, trained and directed by the Pentagon and CIA, Azov and likeminded Nazified Ukrainian thugs are US proxies for war on Russia. According to NYT fake news, they’re “fight(ing) Russia as a fight against communism, clinging to World War II historical narratives, and associating modern-day Russia and Vladimir Putin with the former Soviet Union (sic),” adding: “Putin (calls) Ukraine a fascist country…false(ly) claim(ing) to be waging war against Nazis (sic).” “Ukraine has a democratically elected government (sic).” And this Times fake news: Russia “falsely label(led) (Azov thugs) as...