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Polish PM Tusk Announces National Memorial for Volhynia Massacre, Stirs Diplomatic Tensions with Ukraine
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Polish PM Tusk Announces National Memorial for Volhynia Massacre, Stirs Diplomatic Tensions with Ukraine
Donald Tusk has announced a memorial for what Poland calls a genocide by Ukrainian nationalists, amid ongoing disputes with Ukraine over historical memory.
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the creation of a national memorial to victims of the 1943–45 Volhynia massacre, which Poland says killed 100,000 ethnic Poles.
- Tusk urged Ukraine to "embrace this truth" about the events if it wants to join the European Union.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine is working to honestly establish the facts and that both countries face a common threat from Russia.
- Last month, Polish President Karol Nawrocki stripped Zelensky of Poland's highest state honor after Zelensky named a Ukrainian military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.
TopicsEU AccessionUkrainian Insurgent ArmyVolhynia MassacreHistorical MemoryDiplomatic TensionsNational MemorialPoland-Ukraine Relations
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