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He was introduced as having fought the Russians during WW2, there's literally only one option as to what side that leaves him on. Either parliament is completely devoid of the most basic history education, or they knew damn well what they were applauding.
IIRC, he fought the Russians to protect Ukraine from their invasion. He had no other allegiance to Germany or Nazis. It was a "the enemy of my enemy is my ally" situation.
Yeah he wasn't a nazi, he was a nazi ally
Not... much better, but could be worse?
Most Ukrainians fought for their country as part of the red army. Something like 28:1. The nazi collaborators of the waffen SS like the fascist who was celebrated by the Canadian parliament mostly did "antipartisan activities" which involved killing a bunch of Jewish people.