Komorowski: glorification of the UPA excludes historical dialogue with Ukraine
The head of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski believes that the respect of the Parliament of Ukraine activity " of the Organization of Ukrainian nationalists and the Ukrainian insurgent army fighting for independence makes it impossible for the Polish-Ukrainian historical dialogue.

The head of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski believes that the respect of the Parliament of Ukraine activity " of the Organization of Ukrainian nationalists and the Ukrainian insurgent army fighting for independence makes it impossible for the Polish-Ukrainian historical dialogue.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted on 9 April, the law on the recognition of " the Organization of Ukrainian nationalists and the Ukrainian insurgent army (UPA) fighters for independence of Ukraine in the twentieth century and provided the right of its members to social guarantees.
"The misfortune of this law is that it makes it impossible for the Polish-Ukrainian historical dialogue, without which there is no reconciliation and resolve the main issues," - said Komorowski on Thursday on air of TV channel.
According to the head of the Polish country, " this case is not closed, if we talk about the relations of Poland and Ukraine, but here one should look for a positive solution."
"What was, on the one hand, this kind of Polish laws to de-Sovietization, and on the reverse side, this closes the discussion about the role of the OUN-UPA, which is wrong" - said Komorowski.
"Ukrainian insurgent army" (UPA) 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 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.
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. For example, the public campaigning not to forget the atrocities of the fighters of the OUN-UPA during the war and After it, for example about "Volyn massacre" - massive liquidation in 1943 Ukrainian nationalists Polish civilians in Volhynia, until September 1939 were mostly from Poland. According to researchers, the total number of victims ranges from 36 thousand to 100 thousand people.
The Supreme court of the Russian Federation in November 2014 was included in the list of extremist organizations "Right sector" Ukrainian national Assembly - Ukrainian national self-defense "(UNA-UNSO), the Ukrainian Organization "Brotherhood" and "Trident behalf of Stepan Bandera and the Ukrainian insurgent army" (UPA). Full list of banned extremist organizations