The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in the course of a telephone conversation with Polish leader Bronislaw Komorowski has promised to amend the law " On legal status, and honoring the memory of participants of fight for independence of Ukraine in the 20th century ", said the adviser of the President of Poland Jaromir Sokolowski.
according to his statement, Poroshenko said that in the near future will submit to the Verkhovna Rada a bill providing for the correction of provisions relating to responsibility for a crime by the law On the status of fighters for Ukraine's independence in the 20th century, reports RIA " Novosti ".



remember, on 9 April, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted the law On the recognition of OUN-UPA* fighters for independence of Ukraine and provided the right of its present social guarantees. Fifteen may, Poroshenko signed the law. The head of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski said that the decision of the Verkhovna Rada to consider the actions of the OUN-UPA struggle for independence of Ukraine may have a negative impact on the relations between Kyiv and Warsaw. For its part the President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov called the attempts of Kiev on their own interpretation of the story may offend the veterans of the great Patriotic war. Let us add that, according to the head of the state Duma on international politics Alexei Pushkov, Kiev's actions can be characterized as political schizophrenia." The Ukrainian insurgent army* "(UPA) was completed in October 1942 as the military wing of the organization of Ukrainian nationalists " (OUN), its purpose was proclaimed the struggle for independence of Ukraine. The UPA acted mostly in Western Ukraine and fought against the Soviet troops, cooperating with the Nazis. Field of the end of world war II she continued to struggle against the Soviets extremist methods - injured soldiers of the UPA has been Authorized by the intelligentsia and local authorities, Komsomol and party activists.
* Organization, relative to which a court has adopted the legally effective conclusion Of destruction or prohibition of the activities on the grounds stipulated by the Federal law "On countering extremist activity"

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