An op-ed published by Russian state media on Sunday claimed that “Ukronazism” is a greater threat to the world than Hitler’s Nazi Party and called for a complete Russian takeover of Ukrainian territory and culture, as Ukrainian forces continued to push back Russian invaders on Monday.

Timofey Sergeytsev claimed in the op-ed published on RIA Novosti that the “Nazism” in Ukraine is “disguised as a desire for ‘independence’ and a ‘European’ (Western, pro-American) path of ‘development’ (in reality – to degradation).”

He also wrote that the “majority” of Ukrainians are “passive Nazis, accomplices of Nazism,” saying that they “are also guilty” and that they “must survive the hardships of the war and assimilate the experience as a historical lesson and atonement for [their] guilt.”