PoliticsPoland-Ukraine dispute looms over plans to honor UPA leader

Poland condemned Lviv Oblast authorities’ plans to honor the wartime Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and its military leader Roman Shukhevych. The regional council designated 2027 as the year of the UPA, Shukhevych and Ukrainian poet and political activist Oleh Olzhych. Ukraine’s foreign ministry said the move undermines efforts to improve bilateral ties, amid lasting disagreement over the UPA and the Volyn massacres.

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TThe Kyiv Independent★★★★☆2026-10-21 18:21Original