Borys Rozhyn – a blogger, military commentator

Borys Rozhyn/ screen shot from the video

Borys Rozhyn is a blogger, military columnist, so-called expert of the Center for Military and Political Journalism, racist ideologue and propagandist.

He promotes the brutal treatment of Ukrainians and Stalinism, and actively supports the Russian occupation of Crimea. He demanded that Putin strike Ukraine with tactical nuclear weapons.

He called the person who invented the symbol Z a genius because “in the West, they cannot decipher it.”

He claimed the alleged existence of “Nazis” in Ukraine. At the same time, he did not call them enemies of Russia but “those who sponsor them.”

He said the Russian Federation would use all available means to protect its territorial integrity, even nuclear weapons. By “Russian territories,” he also meant the Ukrainian regions occupied by the Russians.

*The material was created in cooperation with the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.

Main statements1.

1.He was excited about the beginning of a full-scale war of Russia against Ukraine (February 24, 2022)

2. He stated that Russia allegedly had started the war “to carry out denazification” and not to seize the territories of Ukraine (February 24, 2022)

3. He called Ukrainians “Nazis” (February 24, 2022)

4. He stated that “the enemies of Russia in Ukraine are not the Nazis, but those who sponsor them” (September 13, 2022)

He said “Russia is actually fighting in Ukraine with US and NATO forces,” which “control Zelensky’s regime.”