photo: Volyn Massacre. source: wikipedia
A post published on Twitter by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the 114th anniversary of the birth of the leader of Ukrainian nationalists at the beginning of the last century, Stepan Bandera, has disappeared. Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister Arkadiusz Mulyarchik drew attention to this
“This is a sign that the Ukrainians listened to our voice,” said a Polish diplomat.
He emphasized once again that “the Polish state does not accept the award Stepan Bandera, the ideologue of Ukrainian nationalists who killed tens of thousands of Poles in Volhynia.
In 1943, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA, recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation and banned) carried out mass extermination of Poles in western Ukraine. These events were called the Volyn Massacre.
UPA is part of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN, recognized as extremist and banned in Russia). Bandera was one of its leaders.
On Sunday, Ukraine celebrated the anniversary of his birth (January 1, 1909). The Council published on the social network a photo of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny against the background of Bandera's portrait. Quotes from the nationalist were then published, calling for a “fight against Russian imperialism.”
On Monday, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki promised to discuss Bandera's “heroism” among Ukrainians with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Denys Shmyhal. Morawiecki noted that Warsaw “extremely condemns this phenomenon, very, very negatively”.
In the evening of January 2, records dedicated to Bander disappeared from Rado's account, LIGA.net reports.