Here is a poll produced by Vox Ukraine conducted among the population of Ukraine, excluding people living in Crimea, those living in the Donbass and those who have moved to Russia since the start of the war.

43% of Ukrainian respondents disagree with the statement « Nazi and/or neo-Nazi ideology is not widespread in Ukraine »;
29% of respondents in Ukraine disagreed with the statement « The Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine in 2013-2014 was NOT a coup » ;
26% of respondents in Ukraine agreed with the statement « Russia is fighting the West/NATO in Ukraine » ;
25% of respondents in Ukraine agreed with the statement « The West is using Ukraine for its own purposes in the war against Russia » ;
32% of respondents abroad agreed with the statement « Russian speakers are oppressed in Ukraine ».

One can only imagine what the results would have been if those excluded had been included in the survey. One thing is certain, you won’t see these results reported in the established Western media.

It would be wrong to compare Ukrainian neo-Nazism with Russian neo-Nazis. First of all, there are Russian neo-Nazis who have carried out raids in Russia and against the Russian government. There are also undoubtedly neo-Nazi individuals within the Wagner group, but the presence of neo-Nazism in Ukraine is systemic (structural) and not just present at the individual level.

There is a political party (Svoboda), founded by Oleh Tyahnybok, an anti-Semitic figure according to the Simon Wiesenthal Foundation. Neo-Nazis played a central role in the 2014 coup d’État under the command of Andriy Parubiy and the Right Sector group led by Dimitri Yarosh, both of whom were associated with the Svoboda party. This was followed by the presence in the Ukrainian government of members of the Svoboda party (including Parubiy and Yarosh) and the National Corps party led by Andriy Biletsky, who later became commander of the Azov battalion. This would give rise to policies banning the Russian language and eliminating of old-age pensions for people living in the Donbass (a situation that the Minsk agreements were intended to rectify). The Azov Battalion still wears Nazi symbols and subscribes to its ideology. Very early in the conflict, the Azov Battalion will be included in the Ukrainian army. Stepan Bandera, the Nazi collaborator responsible for the deaths of thousands of Polish Jews, is celebrated as a hero in Ukraine. In an interview, the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany has refused to condemn Bandera. Zelensky has appeared with an Azov representative before the Greek parliament. He warmly welcomed the release of Azov prisoners, etc. These and many other facts illustrate the structural presence of neo-Nazism in the coup, in the Ukrainian state and in the Ukrainian army.

Most Ukrainian citizens are not neo-Nazis, as they voted 73% in 2019 for a PEACE program championed by Zelensky. And there are neo-Nazis everywhere, including in the Wagner group, but this should not be confused with the systemic neo-Nazism present in Ukraine.