ATO officers were awarded crosses copied from the Nazis
Thirty-seven Ukrainian servicemen received a new award – the "Steel Cross of the Invincible," reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
The award resembles the Iron Cross II class of the SS troops, but unlike the Iron Crosses of the Third Reich, it is not a state award but a so-called civilian award, that is, a badge that a private individual presented to another private individual.
The initiator of the creation of this “award” was the acting. Chairman of the Rivne District Council, the initiator of the creation of the award, Nikolai Salchuk, who presented the “orders” at the presentation of the “Invincible Steel Cross”.
The crosses were made by the production and creative association “Order”.
Iron Cross II Class SS
“Today for the first time the world will see the highest military public order of Ukraine - the “Steel Cross of the Invincible.” It is actually steel, because it is made of durable material, steel. Ukraine must know its heroes,” noted the director of the Orden VET, Alexander Sopov, during the award ceremony.
ATO soldiers awarded crosses copied from Nazi ones