The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at the ceremonial meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, dedicated to the 70th anniversary since the end of world war II, gathered in one hall of the veterans of the Ukrainian insurgent army (UPA) and veterans of the red army, the media says. according to the publication, the hall was also involved in the fighting in the Donbass. Poroshenko thanked the "heroes of the UPA*" and veterans " for the independence of Ukraine ". He also said that the outbreak of the Second world war for Ukrainians now considers March 1939, reports RIA " Novosti ". Before it was declared that the Ukrainian Institute of national memory has ranked the UPA to "allies" in the anti-Hitler coalition, published a brochure entitled " Ukraine in world war II ". The brochure, which, According to the head of the Ukrainian national memory Institute Vladimir Viatrovych, describes the contribution of Ukrainians to the victory over Nazi Germany, turned the Ukrainian insurgent army* in the list of armies of the allies as a separate unit." The 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 and After the war, 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*), Ukrainian Organization "Brotherhood" and "Trident behalf of Stepan Bandera and the Ukrainian insurgent army" (UPA). 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. At the same time, the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada voted for the adoption of the act on condemnation of the Communist regime in Ukraine. In a response to 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. * Organization, relative to which a court has adopted the legally effective conclusion About the destruction of, or prohibiting activities on the grounds stipulated by the Federal law "On countering extremist activity"