Poland Reacts to Ukraine’s Celebration of Nazi-Collaborator
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Ukrainian parliament slammed for celebrating Nazi collaborator
Congress members call out Ukraine government for glorifying Nazis – Times of Israel
Ukraine Designates National Holiday to Commemorate Nazi Collaborator – Haaretz
Ukraine Makes Birthday of Nazi Collaborator a National Holiday and Bans Book Critical of Anti-Semitic Leader – Newsweek
– - Poland Reacts to Ukraine’s Celebration of Nazi-Collaborator
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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has vowed to raise the issue of Stepan Bandera’s glorification with Kiev at the first opportunity
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There can be “no nuances” when it comes to the glorification of WWII Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera in Ukraine, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told a press conference on Monday. Warsaw would not show any leniency to those who “do not want” to recognize “terrible crimes” committed by Ukrainian nationalists against Poles during WWII, he added.
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“We are extremely critical, very, very negative towards any glorification or even reminders of Bandera,” Morawiecki said, commenting on a Twitter post by the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovnaya Rada, celebrating what would have been the 114th birthday of the head of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), an ultranationalist group that existed during WWII and had its own paramilitary wing, known as the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA).
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In the post, which was later deleted amid outcries from Poland, Israel and the US, the Ukrainian parliament cited Bandera as having said that “the complete and supreme victory of Ukrainian nationalism will be when the Russian Empire ceases to exist.” The Rada then said that the modern Ukrainian Armed Forces chief, General Valery Zaluzhny, is “well aware” of Bandera’s “instructions.” The general himself was featured in another tweet, pictured with a large Bandera portrait in the background.
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