After Canada honored a Nazi veteran, Russia said, "Such sloppiness of memory outrageous."

The presentation of a Ukrainian man to Canada's parliament, according to the Kremlin, was "outrageous" since he had fought in one of Adolf Hitler's Waffen SS groups during World War Two.

The presentation of a Ukrainian man to Canada's parliament as a hero last week was deemed "outrageous" by the Kremlin on Monday. The Ukrainian fought in one of Adolf Hitler's Waffen SS groups during World War Two.

During the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Canadian parliamentarians gave Yaroslav Hunka, 98, two standing ovations. Since then, the Canadian parliament's speaker has expressed regret for the event to Jewish organizations.

The incident, according to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, demonstrated a reckless disregard for historical accuracy, and it was important to keep the remembrance of Nazi crimes alive.

Peskov told reporters, "Such sloppiness of memory is outrageous." "Many Western nations, including Canada, have produced a new generation that is unaware of the causes of the Second World War or what took place during it. Additionally, they are ignorant of the fascist menace.

Hunka was presented by Anthony Rota, the speaker of the Canadian parliament, as "a Ukrainian Canadian war veteran from the Second World War who fought for Ukrainian independence against the Russians" and "a Ukrainian and a Canadian hero."

Some Ukrainian nationalists enlisted in Nazi forces during World War Two when Ukraine was still a part of the Soviet Union because they viewed the Germans as liberators from Soviet repression.

Hunka fought in the SS's 14th Waffen Grenadier Division during World War Two, according to the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights organization that requested Rota's apology and got it.

The incident supports the claim made by Russian President Vladimir Putin that he deployed troops into Ukraine last year to "demilitarize and denazify" the nation, a European democracy whose Jewish leader lost relatives in the Holocaust.

Putin emphasized the role that "local nationalists and anti-Semites" had played in the Holocaust slaughter of 1.5 million Jews in Ukraine at a televised discussion with historians this month, adding that "this has a direct relation to the present day."

Peskov told reporters that fascism was "trying to find its feet in the center of Europe, in Ukraine," and that Russia was engaged in a "irreconcilable battle" against it.