“We value every life, we remember history and together we defend freedom,” declared the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky after celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Volhynia Genocide, which he attended together with the President of the Republic of Poland in Lutsk. Andrew Duda.
We value every life, remember history and defend freedom together
– declared the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky after the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the genocide in Volhynia, which he attended on Sunday in Lutsk together with the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda.
In the morning I met the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda. We had a conversation. Holy Mass. There were representatives from all denominations and religious communities. In the Lutsk Church. Together with Andrzej, we paid tribute to the memory of all victims of Volhynia. We value every life, remember history and defend freedom together
Zelensky said, quoted in a communiqué sent to PAP by his office.
Conversation of presidents
The presidents of Poland and Ukraine met in the morning in front of the Roman Catholic cathedral in Lutsk, where they took part in a holy mass for the victims of the Volhynian massacre. The leaders of the two countries placed candles in front of the altar in the cathedral.
During their stay in Lutsk, Duda and Zelensky had a 10-minute conversation while walking around the square between Lutsk Cathedral and Lutsk Castle. The Ukrainian president revealed that the subject of the talks was the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius.
During the ceremony in Łuck, Andrzej Duda and I had the opportunity to talk briefly about the future NATO summit in Vilnius. We agreed that we would work together to get the best result for Ukraine
Zelensky wrote on Twitter.
A history of crime
80 years ago, on 11 and 12 July 1943, the UPA carried out a coordinated attack on about 150 Polish-inhabited towns in Włodzimierz, Horochów, Kowel and Łuck counties of 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. About 100,000 people were killed. Poland.
The perpetrators of the Volhynia genocide were members of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists – B (Bandera’s faction), the UPA subordinated to it and the Ukrainian population encouraged by them, neighbors of Poland, often blood-related to them. 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