This week, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the appointment of a unit of the Ukrainian Special Forces in tribute to the "Ukrainian Insurrection Army" (UPA), an ultra-nationalist guerrilla army formed in October 1942 and fighting against the Soviets and Germans. A decision that raised a strong emotion in Poland, where UPA is well known for its massacres against Poles during the Second World War. President Karol Nawrocki even proposed to wit…
This week, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the appointment of a unit of the Ukrainian Special Forces in tribute to the "Ukrainian Insurrection Army" (UPA), an ultra-nationalist guerrilla army formed in October 1942 and fighting against the Soviets and Germans. A decision that raised a strong emotion in Poland, where UPA is well known for its massacres against Poles during the Second World War. President Karol Nawrocki even proposed to wit…