Volyn tragedy

55 remains found as Ukraine and Poland complete Volyn exhumations

Ukrainian and Polish teams have completed exhumations at two former villages in Volyn Oblast, uncovering the remains of 55 people believed to have died during World War II, the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance and Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance said on Aug. 7.

8 August, 12:33 AM

Polish voters say Moscow benefits most from Warsaw-Kyiv disputes

Most Poles believe politicians in Poland and Ukraine are fueling disputes between the two countries for their own interests, while an even larger share say Russia benefits from the tensions, a new poll shows.

24 July, 11:25 AM

Tusk responds to Zelenskyy's Volhynia archives decision

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's decision on Polish-Ukrainian relations, saying the ties between the two countries should be based on mutual respect and truth on July 18.

18 July, 08:47 PM

Ukraine to open SBU and intelligence files on Volyn tragedy

Ukraine will open all Security Service and Foreign Intelligence Service archives related to the tragic events in Volyn in 1943-1944, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram on July 17 following a meeting on Ukraine’s policy toward Poland.

18 July, 02:30 PM

Ukraine set to begin search for WWII civilian graves in Poland this August

Ukraine hopes to begin search operations in the Polish village of Łasków for the graves of Ukrainian civilians who died in 1944 at the hands of the Home Army and Peasants' Battalions as early as August according to Ukraine's ambassador to Poland Vasyl Bodnar, Polish outlet RMF24 reported on July 15.

16 July, 10:05 AM

Ukraine wants to speed up Volhynia search and exhumation efforts – Zelenskyy

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine wants to speed up search and exhumation efforts in villages where victims of the Volhynia tragedy may be buried, calling for the full truth and a dignified commemoration of the dead on July 11.

12 July, 10:17 AM

Polish Defense Minister calls for reconciliation at Volhynia ceremony

Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz called for reconciliation and warned against a "spiral of hatred" during a ceremony marking the Volhynia tragedy in Olyka, northwestern Ukraine, RMF24 reported on July 11.

12 July, 09:49 AM

Ukrainian ambassador honors Volhynia victims in Poland

Ukraine's Ambassador to Poland Vasyl Bodnar honored the victims of the Volhynia tragedy by laying a wreath at a memorial in Warsaw's Volhynia Square, the Ukrainian Embassy in Poland said, publishing photos from the ceremony on July 12.

12 July, 12:02 AM

Nawrocki calls for ban on UPA flag in Poland, links it to Nazi ideology

Polish President Karol Nawrocki called on parliament to ban the red-and-black flag historically used by the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army during a Volhynia remembrance event, RMF24 reported on July 12.

11 July, 11:26 PM

Top Polish official listed on Myrotvorets for claiming Ukrainian oblasts

The head of Polish President Karol Nawrocki's Chancellery, Zbigniew Bogucki, was added to the Myrotvorets database over scandalous remarks regarding the territorial affiliation of Ukraine's western oblasts.

7 July, 11:10 AM

Lawmakers in Poland's Kielce urge Vinnytsia to rename its Stepan Bandera street

The Law and Justice party faction in the Kielce City Council has submitted a resolution urging the mayor of Vinnytsia to change the name of Stepan Bandera street, Telewizja Świętokrzyska reported on June 11.

11 June, 02:03 PM

Ukraine denies weighing UPA unit rename as Poland dispute strains wartime ties

Ukraine does not plan to rename a military unit that received an honorary title honoring the Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, or UPA, despite Poland’s objections, LIGA.net reported, citing a source close to Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office.

11 June, 12:06 PM

Poland presses Ukraine to reverse UPA unit honor as wartime tensions deepen

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said Poland is holding quiet talks with Kyiv over Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision to assign one of Ukraine’s Armed Forces units the honorary name of the Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, or UPA.

3 June, 11:16 AM

Polish far-right leader urges EU veto over Ukraine’s UPA military tribute

Polish Sejm Deputy Speaker Krzysztof Bosak, leader of the far-right Confederation party, called on Poland to block Ukraine’s accession to the EU until Kyiv “moves away from the cult of criminals and unblocks all exhumations” of victims of the Volyn tragedy, he said on RMF24 on June 2.

2 June, 06:33 PM

Lublin removes Ukrainian flag from city hall over UPA-related military honor

Officials in the Polish city of Lublin removed the Ukrainian flag from city hall after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave one of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces units the honorary name “in honor of the Heroes of the UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army),” a move local authorities said offended Polish historical memory, Polish outlet WP Wiadomości reported on June 1.

1 June, 03:47 PM

Joint Ukraine-Poland search finds no mass graves in Rivne village

Joint Ukrainian-Polish search operations in the village of Uhly in Rivne Oblast have concluded without uncovering any mass graves of Poles, Ukraine’s Culture Ministry said on March 27.

28 March, 05:13 PM

Ukraine allows new Volyn tragedy searches in western oblasts

Ukraine has granted the Polish side new permits to conduct search operations in the Ternopil and Volyn oblasts in 2026, Ministry of Culture reported on Dec. 30.

31 December 2025, 11:58 AM

Ukraine allows Poland to conduct new exhumation of Volhynia tragedy victims in Rivne Oblast

Ukraine has granted Poland permission to conduct search and exhumation works in the village of Uhly in Rivne Oblast, Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland Vasyl Bodnar said on Oct. 13.

13 October 2025, 04:56 PM

Scholars urge balanced view of Volyn tragedy in Ukraine-Poland history

Ukrainian historians are urging Poland not to equate the actions of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) with the totalitarian regimes of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. The statement was published on Oct. 1 by the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory.

2 October 2025, 03:35 PM

Ukrainian researchers begin exhumations of UPA fighters in Poland

Ukrainian researchers from the Dolya Memorial and Search Center in Lviv began exhumation work on Sept. 30 in the Polish village of Yurkove (now Yurechkova) in Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Radio Liberty reported.

30 September 2025, 02:50 PM

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