As for the question of far-right influence, the post-2014 Ukrainain government has allied itself with adherents of the Nazi-collaborating WW2-era nationalist Stepan Bandera, whose armed forces, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, was complicit in the mass-massacre of Polish civilians in Volhynia. He has been posthumously awarded the Hero of Ukraine medal, he has had a massive monument erected for him in Lviv, has had streets named after him, etc..
Aside from these "symbolic" gestures, they have been incorporating far-right paramilitaries such as Azov, the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps and the Ukrainian Volunteer Army into their armed forces, having cooperated with them even prior to 2022. Even if "Azov has been reformed", the other ideologically fascist paramilitaries sure have not. Public displays of the flag of the aforementioned Ukrainian Insurgent Army and its political wing, the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. Even in the "non-far-right" parts of its armed forces, neo-Nazi and pro-Bandera symbolism is very common. Such as the red-and-black flag, which was the flag of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.
As well as the incorporation of figures such as Dmytro Yarosh (who has openly called himself a follower of Bandera and has actually been described as a neo-fascist even by Western mainstream media) into the political sphere, even providing him a medal and offering him the position of advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Yarosh himself was the commander of both the Ukrainian Volunteer Army and the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps, along with being at the helm of the Right Sector organization, which was also a participant in the Odessa Trade Union Building Massacre.
For more information, I would suggest looking at the list of English-language materials on this matter compiled by hafizevna and a few other bloggers, which you can find right here.
No one claims that literally every single Ukrainian politician is an explicit follower of Adolf Hitler, but the state of Ukraine regularly cooperates with figures and militaries which openly glorify him and his collaborators. Systematic state policy endorsing these actors clearly shows the overall ideological affiliation of the Ukrainian government without necessarily needing every single person to do the Sieg Heil.
I hope you are willing to learn more about this matter. I admit that I myself don't know everything, I'm still learning, so I am very open to others adding more things that I forgot to add/don't yet know about.
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