I disagree vehemently with your suggestion to steer clear of the channel. The channel is run by a native Ukrainian, born and raised in Mariupol. Throughout their videos i have never seen them express actual bigotry towards Ukrainians, but rather criticism of the current Ukrainian government and its Banderite nationalist ideology. I agree that the image chosen for the meme in that frame of the video is racist, and i wish they hadn't chosen to display that particular meme to make their point. However if you read the text in that meme, the point it makes is actually to criticize the racist nature of Ukrainian nationalist historical revisionism which considers Russians to be racially inferior and "not real slavs" due to alleged "Mongol admixture". Leaving aside that one frame (which you are right to criticize and i fully agree that it is unacceptable imagery), i agree with the points he makes in the video. Do you disagree that video? Further, i think the channel is an overall very valuable source of information and insight into the views of at least a part of the people living in the Donbass, as well as first hand images/videos of Mariupol and its reconstruction.
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