edit: i should make explicit. this meme is prodding at liberals humanizing the soldier of the 14th Waffen SS (1st Galicia) recently honoured in the canadian house of commons. this meme is showing off a ww2 ukrainian nazi unit in a fashion similarly done with the "brave soldiers of afghanistan" who would later become the taliban.
the joke is, we would eventually glorify and humanize them as well with enough time
Where were you when the Canadian parliament gave an standing ovation to a member of the SS ?
They conveniently didn't mention he was a SS, but a "veteran who fought for ukrainian independence against russian aggressors". That's literally what whitewashing is, to gloss over or cover up stuff, in this case being a SS member.
Its only "russian propaganda" because they got caught.