The ambassadors of Poland and Israel Bartosz Tsihotsky and Joel Lyon in a General statement, criticized the celebration in Ukraine of the memory of the leaders of the organization of Ukrainian nationalists and the Ukrainian insurgent army* (UPA* banned in Russia), including the head of the OUN Stepan Bandera. yesterday in Kiev about a thousand people participated in the procession in honor of the 111th anniversary of the birth of Stepan Bandera. The ambassadors stressed that on 1 January the Kyiv city state administration on your building, put up a banner with the image of Stepan Bandera. In addition, before the Lviv regional Council decided to allocate in 2020 means of honoring the memory of "Nazi collaborators" by Andrew Miller, as well as "xenophobic, anti-Semitic and anti-Polish playwright" Ivan Linden and his son, Yuri Lypa, who is the Creator of " racist theories of the Ukrainian race ". "Remembering our innocent brothers and sisters killed in the years 1939-1945 in the occupied territories of Poland that are now part of Ukraine, we, the Ambassadors of Poland and Israel, believe that honoring the people who actively promoted ethnic cleansing, is an insult and leads to the opposite desired result in the battle against anti-Semitism and reconciliation of our peoples ", - reported in circulation. the foreign Ministry staff urged the authorities of the Lviv region and Kyiv "to engage in dialogue in order to search for the truth" and expressed readiness to promote cooperation with museums in Israel and Poland. Stepan Bandera - leader of Organization of Ukrainian nationalists, whose armed wing UPA* banned in Russia. The former head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in may 2015 gave UPA* status " fighters for independence ". Moscow the decision was condemned, saying that " Ukraine - is the country where neo-Nazis from words to alter the case and forcibly taken the lives of thousands of civilians ". on account of the OUN-UPA in many crimes. Were brutally killed and thousands of Ukrainians who refused to cooperate with them. In addition, Bandera took part in the fighting against the Soviet Union. *Extremist organization banned in Russia. <span style="color:darkgray