The scientist called spitting in the face of Poland's attempts glorification of UPA

Attempts glorification of UPA in Ukraine are spitting in the face of Poland, said Last news famous Polish scientist, Director of the European center for geopolitical analysis Mateusz Piskorski.

yesterday the Parliament of Ukraine at its meeting did not want to consider the draft law on the recognition of the Organization of Ukrainian nationalists - Ukrainian insurgent army (UPA, also popular as " banderovskoe movement"), the struggle for independence of Ukraine during the great Patriotic war. The inclusion of the issue on the agenda endorsed Tuesday 187 parliamentarians When the required minimum of 226 votes.

" For the poles it is Clear that any Attempt to honor the memory of the leaders of the UPA and the OUN - this historic spit of Ukraine in the face of Poland. Poles remember the victims of Ukrainian nationalists, Volyn massacre, " said Piskorski. Volyn massacre - mass destruction in 1943 the Ukrainian nationalists of the UPA ethnic Polish civilians in Volhynia, until September 1939 were mainly from Poland.

According to Piskorski, " the revival of the traditions of the UPA in Ukraine, the glorification of gangsters - it's a shame today's Ukraine and the current Ukrainian authorities."

Director of the European center for geopolitical analysis clarified that " the fact that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine did not want to consider this draft law in Poland is defined on the whole positive." However, he said that " this document was finally submitted to Parliament, which indicates the current state of Ukrainian society ".

However, the draft law called activities of members of the OUN and UPA in the period from September 1939 until the end of 1956 the national liberation struggle. According to the law, former UPA was obliged to extend the status of combatants and benefits provided for by the legislation of Ukraine on the status of war veterans. The Ukrainian head Petro Poroshenko was contemplating the recognition of commissioners of the OUN-UPA by one of the belligerents during the 2nd world war.


The Ukrainian insurgent army was created on 14 October 1942 by the decision of the leadership of the Organization of Ukrainian nationalists. The purpose of the UPA was proclaimed the struggle for independence of Ukraine from the Bolsheviks and the Germans. Anyway, the OUN is not recommended to resort to fighting with large German forces." In 1943, an agreement was reached Between representatives of the 3rd Reich and the OUN, the UPA will protect Railways and bridges from the 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 the case of fascism's victory over the USSR to make the Ukrainian state under the protectorate of Germany.


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