Poland announces national memorial for Volhynia wartime victims amid row with Ukraine
Poland's prime minister has announced plans for a national memorial to the victims of wartime killings blamed by Warsaw on Ukrainian nationalists. Donald Tusk made the announcement during commemorations in Warsaw and other Polish cities on Saturday, on the anniversary of what Poland calls the Volhynia massacre. The ceremony brought renewed attention to one of the most sensitive historical disputes between Poland and Ukraine.According to Polish authorities, about 100,000 ethnic Poles were killed by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in 1943-45 in Volhynia, a region that was then part of German-occupied Poland and is now in western Ukraine. Tusk said truth... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 11 Jul 2026 21:05 LONDON
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