Budanov, Polish official discuss UPA unit naming row

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6 June, 01:19 AM

Marcin Bosacki, a state secretary at Poland’s Foreign Ministry, met with Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, to discuss Kyiv’s decision to give a Ukrainian Special Operations Forces unit an honorary name honoring fighters of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), the Polish ministry said on June 5.

The meeting took place at the request of the Ukrainian side, the ministry’s press service said. Budanov was accompanied by deputies Iryna Vereshchuk and Serhii Kyslytsya.

Bosacki presented the Polish position and said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision “has caused pain and outrage among Polish society, which has supported Ukraine since the start of Russia’s aggression,” the ministry said. He added that bilateral relations must be built on historical truth, respect for victims, and dialogue.

The two also reviewed current military operations and the frontline situation in the context of possible diplomatic scenarios and the conditions for peace talks, the ministry said. Bosacki and Budanov affirmed the strategic nature of Poland-Ukraine partnership and its importance given regional security challenges and Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine.

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