Polish government figures have criticised the “unacceptable” decision by Ukraine to appoint as deputy foreign minister Andrij Melnyk, who recently denied that nationalist leader Stepan Bandera was responsible for the massacre of Poles and Jews during WWII https://t.co/Chr6Xu0p8x
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Notes From Poland: Poland condemns Ukraine’s commemoration of wartime nationalist leader Bandera
After officials and institutions in Ukraine – including the national parliament – marked the birth anniversary of nationalist leader Stepan Bandera, Polish government figures have criticised the commemoration of a man they see as responsible for the genocide of ethnic Poles and Jews.
Despite Poland and Ukraine having forged an extremely close alliance against Russian aggression this year, remembrance of World War Two history – and in particular the massacre of up to 100,000 Polish civilians by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) – continues to be a bone of contention.
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Update #1: PM against “glorification” of Ukrainian nationalist Bandera (The First News)
Update #2: Poland responds to Ukraine’s Nazi-collaborator celebration (RT)
WNU Editor: Even the Ukraine church is involved in the commemoration of WWII Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera (see tweet below):
🇺🇦Ukrainian church,which is on the way to be the only allowed church in “democratic” Ukraine, celebrates the Birthday of Stepan Bandera – responsible for many attrocities against Jews and Poles pic.twitter.com/PVrYp89K6J
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