Hundreds of Ukrainians marched through the center of Lviv bearing torches, flares, and red and black neo-Nazi flags on New Year’s Day.

The event was organized to honor WWII-era nationalist leader and Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera’s birthday.

Videos circulating on social media on Wednesday show a square in the western Ukrainian city lit up with red flares, as men in camouflage marched and shouted “Slava Ukraini” (Glory to Ukraine).

Poster Comment:

Western Ukraine was part of Austria-Galicia until WW I.