At the Grayzone Alexander Rubinstein and Max Blumenthal have published a piece about Zelensky’s turn from the peacemaker he had promised to be before his election to an active supporter of the fascist ‘ultranational’ militia. They pin that turn to a frontline meeting between Zelensky and militia fighters in the fall of 2019:

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That is all correct. But let me point out that death threats from the fascists to Zelensky were already made much earlier.

Zelensky And The Fascists: “He will hang on some tree on Khreshchatyk”

Translated article that B couldn’t access:

Yarosh: if Zelensky betrays Ukraine, he will lose not his position, but his life