And Russia runs the Wagner group lead by Nazis and Nazi sympathizers to run covert operations throughout the world, including for the last 8 years inside of Ukraine to destabilize it. That doesn't mean Putin or Russians are Nazis or attempting to turn Ukraine into a Nazi state because they are paying Nazis to fight their private war.
Don't get too bogged down with anybody trying to sell you any of this through the American party lens or single statements about Nazis or fascists.
The history here is highly complex interweaving historical land claims, ethnic tensions, modern geopolitical interests, corporate interest, real security threats secondary to those interests, invented security threats second to those interests, etc.