US EditionUkraine Criticises Polish Plans for "Day of Remembrance for Victims of Genocide" by Ukrainian Nationalists
- On May 7, 2025, Poland’s parliament approved the establishment of an annual Day of Remembrance on July 11 to honor the memory of Poles killed during the World War II-era attacks carried out by Ukrainian nationalist groups in the Volhynia region.
- This decision follows longstanding Polish recognition of the WWII-era genocide by the OUN and UPA that killed over 100,000 Poles, with July 11 marking the peak attacks on Bloody Sunday 1943.
- The move comes amid recent exhumations in Ukraine of massacre victims and escalating tensions, contrasting with earlier Polish support for Ukraine since Russia’s 2022 invasion.
- Ukraine's foreign ministry condemned the day as hindering good neighbourly relations and rejected linking the violence to genocide, urging academic dialogue and mutual respect instead.
- The dispute highlights ongoing bilateral tensions and Poland’s stance that EU accession for Ukraine depends on resolving the Volhynia massacres issue.
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The act adopted by the Sejm on establishing July 11 as the Day of Remembrance of Poles – victims of genocide committed by the OUN-UPA in the Eastern Borderlands of the Second Polish Republic is contrary to the spirit of...
Ukraine criticises Polish plans for "day of remembrance for victims of genocide" by Ukrainian nationalists
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine said that the decision of the Polish Sejm to establish July 11 as the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the “genocide committed by OUN and UPA” contradicts the spirit of good neighborly relations.
The Government of Volodimir Zelenski believes that paying tribute to the 100,000 people killed in the Volinia massacre is “against the spirit of good-neighbourly relations”
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