It may turn out that a really friendly period of brotherly Polish-Ukrainian cooperation is coming, but it may also turn out that no satisfactory words will be uttered about the massacre in Volhynia and that the forms of aid to Ukraine will have to be reviewed, said Paweł Kukiz. PAP.PL on Friday.
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki paid tribute to the memory of the victims of the Volhynian massacre in the non-existent village of Ostrówki, whose inhabitants were killed by UPA units. The head of the Polish government arrived in Ukraine early Friday morning in connection with the 80th anniversary of this crime, which fell on July 11. Paweł Kukiz, when asked about the expectations we can have towards Ukraine regarding the settlement of crimes in Volhynia, indicated that the main celebrations will show whether an agreement on this issue is possible.
Two options
It may turn out that a truly friendly period of brotherly Polish-Ukrainian cooperation is about to begin, but it may also turn out that no satisfactory words will be uttered about the massacre in Volhynia and that forms of aid to Ukraine will have to be reviewed
– Paweł Kukiz told PAP.PL on Friday. When asked if he meant military aid, he said the changes should primarily affect the change in the rules for granting social benefits to Ukrainians living in Poland.
Then one should consider whether benefits should be paid to every Ukrainian in Poland
said Kukiz.
As he stressed, it would be a satisfying move to resume the exhumation of the victims of the Volhynian Genocide. However, the Ukrainian side cannot make this a condition by demanding the reconstruction of UPA monuments in Poland.
This is not the right political move by Ukraine
noted the MP.
According to Kukiz, both nations should deal with the past because, as he said, “Poland was also completely clean.”
I firmly believe that for good Polish-Ukrainian relations it is necessary to congratulate each other, while the first step must be taken by Ukrainians
he pointed it out.
It is difficult to fully open your heart when someone who is told: “I love you, I respect you, I want to create Europe with you” is deaf to our expectations
– added the leader of Kukiz’15.
Painful anniversary
80 years ago, on July 11 and 12, 1943, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army launched a coordinated attack on about 150 Polish-inhabited towns in the counties of Włodzimierz, Horochów, Kowel and Łuck in the former Volyn Voivodeship. It took advantage of the fact that people gathered in churches on Sunday, July 11. “Bloody Sunday” is considered the culmination of the genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists against Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia in 1943-1945. As a result, about 100,000 people died. Poland.
The perpetrators of the Volhynia genocide were members of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists – B (Bandera’s faction), the Ukrainian Insurgent Army subordinated to it, and the Ukrainian population encouraged by them, forming neighbors of Poland, often related to them by blood ties. Roman Shukhevych, the chief commander of the UPA, is directly responsible for issuing the punishment order. The OUN-UPA called its actions an “anti-Polish move” to make Ukraine an area inhabited exclusively by Ukrainians.
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Source: wPolityce