The case of the Volhynia massacre is a thorn in the side of Polish-Ukrainian relations, said Deputy Minister of the Interior and Administration Maciej Wąsik, when asked in PR24 on Tuesday how the bloody Sunday of July 11, 1943, on the 80th anniversary of the massacre, will be commemorated this year.
This is, of course, a thorn in the side of our Polish-Ukrainian relations. We must help Ukraine, because Ukraine fights in the Polish interest. The Polish raison d’état is that Ukraine must win this war, it must not lose, because we cannot allow Putin’s troops to stand on the Bug.
– said Wąsik on Polish Radio 24.
But, of course, there are reports of abuses that need to be talked about, remembered and taken seriously, and Poland will take these things seriously.
he assured.
There must be excavations, there must be a proper commemoration of Polish victims in Volhynia
– emphasized the Deputy Minister in PR24.
July 11 is the National Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists on the citizens of the Second Polish Republic. The holiday on July 11 is related to the anniversary of the events of July 11 and 12, 1943, when the UPA carried out a coordinated attack on Polish residents of about 150 towns in Włodzimierz, Horochów, Kovel and Łuck counties.
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Source: wPolityce