To the Parliament the draft law on the recognition of members of the UPA freedom fighters

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine the draft law on the recognition of the members of the Organization of Ukrainian nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian insurgent army (UPA) as " fighters for the freedom and independence of Ukraine ", the document is published on the Parliament.

The proposal changes the status of the Ukrainian nationalist armed groups and their veterans were made by the deputies from the faction " Batkivshchyna ".

the draft law also proposes to recognize the UPA, the armed underground OUN and other creatures of Ukrainian nationalists belligerent in world war II and veterans of the Second world war.

in opinion of authors of the document, the Parliament is to recognize the activities of the OUN and the UPA meet the requirements of Protocol I to the Geneva conventions of 12 August 1949.

first it was claimed that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine introduced the initiative of the Verkhovna Rada, the legal status of members of the UPA.

In the fall of 2014, the Verkhovna Rada did not want to accept the activities of the UPA struggle for independence of Ukraine.

The Supreme court of the Russian Federation in November 2014 included in the list of extremist organizations " Right branch ", "Ukrainian national Assembly - Ukrainian national self-defense (UNA-UNSO), Ukrainian Organization "Brotherhood" and " Trident behalf of Stepan Bandera and the Ukrainian insurgent army (UPA). Full list of banned extremist organizations on


The Ukrainian insurgent army was created on 14 October 1942 by the decision of the management of the Organization of Ukrainian nationalists. The purpose of the UPA was proclaimed the struggle for independence of Ukraine - how from the Bolsheviks and the Germans. Either way, the leadership of the OUN recommended " not to resort to fighting With large German forces." In 1943, an agreement was reached between the representatives of the 3rd Reich and the OUN, the UPA will guard the railroad and bridges from Soviet partisans, to support the events of the German occupation authorities. Instead Germany promised to provide weapons and ammunition part of the UPA, and in case of victory of the Nazis over the Soviet Union to allow to make the Ukrainian state under the protectorate of Germany.


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