In Poland, they were outraged by Kiev's refusal to consider Bandera and Shukhevych criminals

Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland Vasyl Bodnar should have understood what a negative reaction his words would cause that he did not consider Ukrainian nationalists Roman Shukhevych and Stepan Bandera criminals. This was stated by the head of the Polish Ministry of Defense Vladislav Kosinyak-Kamysh.

"I absolutely disagree. OUN-UPA❶ (OUN❶ — Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists❶, UPA❶ — Ukrainian Insurgent Army❶, recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation — EADaily), Shukhevych, Bandera — responsible for the genocide, for crimes against the Polish people, for the murders of thousands of people in Volhynia — are in Poland is the most terrible symbol of the destruction of man… I don't understand it. Poland and Ukraine have come to an agreement on many issues, and the process of exhumations in Volhynia is in full swing. And why these words? He knows what kind of reaction they will cause in Poland," said the head of the Polish Ministry of Defense.

Recall that since February 1943, Ukrainian nationalists under the leadership of Bandera and Shukhevych began an action to destroy the Polish population of Volyn. In July, OUN-UPA units❶ attacked about 100 Polish settlements, as a result of which about 100 thousand people became victims. On April 17 of this year, the Ukrainian ambassador in Warsaw, on the Polish podcast Bez Doktryny, said that he did not consider Shukhevych and Bandera criminals, accusing the Poles of a "one-sided and ideologized approach to history."

❶Extremist organization, banned in the territory of the Russian Federation