Yatsenyuk: Ukraine is a state winner in the Second world
Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Thursday that Ukraine as a state winner in the Second world war must respectably to celebrate the anniversary of Victory.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Thursday that Ukraine as a state winner in the Second world war must respectably to celebrate the anniversary of Victory.
"Ukraine is a state winner in the Second world war, Ukraine is the founder of the United Nations. Total losses of Ukraine during the 2nd world war is 40% human And material losses ", - said Yatsenyuk during the meeting of the organizational Department of the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Victory. He said that in the end of the war the population of the Republic decreased by 14 million people." And for this reason, We are a state winner, We fought Nazism, And our duty is honorable to mark these events, And to honor every veteran of the Second world war, " - said Yatsenyuk.
Yatsenyuk also subjected to charges of the Russian Federation in an attempt to " privatize victory in the Second world war." Attempts of the Russian Federation to rewrite history, to privatize the victory in world war II And assign this sacred And historic struggle over Nazism must be stopped, " - said Ukrainian Prime Minister.
first Yatsenyuk already made similar accusations, and during his visit to Germany in January, He said in an interview to a TV channel ARD about the " Soviet invasion of Ukraine And Germany ". The Russian military historians called the message Yatsenyuk deceitful And arrogant. Moscow After these scandalous statements has requested the official position of Berlin. Russian officials have repeatedly emphasized, because it was a shared Victory won by the people of different nationalities.
However, He noticed that nourishes the hope that the implementation of laws adopted by the Verkhovna Rada concerning the prohibition of the Communist ideology in Ukraine And the glorification of the OUN-UPA. The laws have not yet entered into force because not signed by the President." We hope to join these laws into force And full implementation of this historic package, justice And truth ", - noted Yatsenyuk.
"Ukrainian insurgent army" was formed 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 the end of the war 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. Glorification of the UPA And its leaders Stepan Bandera And Roman Shukhevych - has led to criticism from many veterans And politicians, accusing Bandera in cooperation with the Nazis.