The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office appealed to Canadian authorities with a request to extradite 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka (Gunko), a former soldier of the SS Galicia division accused in absentia of genocide against civilians on Ukrainian territory. SSR during the Great Patriotic War. The newspaper writes about this “Kommersant”.
With data The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, representatives of the Nazi unit, including Hunka, killed at least 500 citizens of the USSR in the village of Guta Penyatskaya from 23 to 28 February 1944.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in October instructed Appeal to Canada and Interpol regarding the extradition of Yaroslav Hunka.
How stated It is impossible to extradite Yaroslav Hunka to Russia, who was greeted with applause in the Canadian parliament, said Leon Mitzner, head of the public group of Russian citizens “Russian Canada”.
October 18, State Duma deputy Alexey Chepa aforementionedGunko is unlikely to be extradited to Russia, but he could be transferred to Israel, where the trial of the former Ukrainian SS officer would be inevitable.
On September 22, Hunka was invited to a meeting of the Canadian Parliament, which was attended by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. The old man was introduced as a “veteran of the fight against the Russians.” He received a standing ovation in the Parliament. Journalists later reported that Hunka was killed in World War II. He learned that he had fought alongside the Nazi SS unit “Galicia” during World War II.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau almost immediately he apologized for making a “terrible mistake” in honoring the SS man.
Previously in Canada in the name Following the scandal in parliament, monuments to SS officers were demolished.