Polish defence minister to visit Ukraine's Volyn

Iryna Kutielieva, Roman Petrenko - 11 July, 10:37

Polish and Ukrainian flags. Stock photo

Poland's Minister of Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz will visit Ukraine's Volyn Oblast on 11 July, to take part in commemorations honouring those killed in the region during the Second World War.

Source: Kosiniak-Kamysz on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda

Details: Kosiniak-Kamysz said he wants to honour the victims of the Volyn tragedy. [The Volyn (Volhynia) tragedy was a series of events that led to the ethnic cleansing of the Polish and Ukrainian populations in 1943 during World War II. It was part of a long-standing rivalry between Ukrainians and Poles in what is now Ukraine's west. Poland considers the Volyn tragedy a genocide of Poles – ed.]

"For many years now, Vitalii Skomarovskyi, the Bishop of Lutsk, has organised memorial ceremonies there. Our thoughts and prayers will be with all those who were killed simply because they were Polish. The victims call not for revenge, but for remembrance and truth," he added.

Background:

Poland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski has said that Russia is interested in fuelling emotions around Polish-Ukrainian historical disputes.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy met his Polish counterpart Karol Nawrocki at the NATO summit in Ankara. He described the meeting as "an important and necessary conversation".

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