Zelenskyy’s UPA unit naming had nothing to do with Volhynia. The historian who holds the same Polish award says Poland got that wrong.
"This affair will cost Poland in the future": Norman Davies on why Warsaw misread the UPA dispute
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Ukraine’s National Pantheon plan to honor its independence heroes raises eyebrows in Poland amid EU accession perspective
Polish government figures say Ukraine’s push for a National Pantheon and related historical decisions are deepening political tensions with Warsaw.
Poland stripped Zelenskyy’s White Eagle over a UPA decree—but kept Mussolini’s
Warsaw will archive the returned Order of the White Eagle as Ukraine's leaders hand back their own Polish awards
“Poland and Ukraine need each other more than their leaders admit”— a Polish advocate for Ukraine on why the memory feud helps Moscow
Polish journalist Jerzy Wójcik, Sestry.eu co-founder, on what the UPA row is costing Ukrainians in Poland
Poland reverses 17-month bus halt at Shehyni-Medyka after Ukrainian ministerial push
Lviv Customs had announced a closure stretching to November 2027; bilateral talks preserved the summer corridor as Warsaw's posture toward Kyiv hardens elsewhere.
Polish foundation crowdfunds $39,500 for Vinnytsia after PiS opposition sank Kielce bus donation
Fundacja Sikorki na Ukrainie set a 500,000-zloty target to buy 15 Solaris vehicles for a city whose electric tram network fails during Russian strikes.
“Heroes of UPA” unit will keep its name, Budanov’s office says despite Polish pressure
Polish media reported Kyiv was weighing a compromise to narrow the honor to UPA fighters who battled only the Soviet Union.
Ukraine will keep issuing Polish exhumation permits despite historical tensions. Dispute “causes joy in Moscow,” Kyiv says
Ukraine called on allies to seek grounds for unity against the common enemy that "wants to destroy both Ukraine and Poland."
Former Polish ambassador returns Ukrainian Order of Merit after UPA Heroes unit decree
Bartosz Cichocki, who remained in Kyiv through Russia's 2022 invasion, cited President Zelenskyy's 26 May tribute to Insurgent Army fighters, RMF FM said.
Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania form new alliance to counter Putin’s weaponized historic narratives amid war of attrition
The Lublin Triangle responds to Moscow’s historical distortions with facts.
Ukraine supports exhumations for Volyn tragedy victims, says Polish foreign minister
Ukraine and Poland agree to practical mechanisms for exhumation efforts, marking progress in addressing sensitive historical issues.
Russia’s child brainwashing handbook: victim from 78 years ago speaks out
Echoing crimes of today, in 1945, daughter of Ukrainian Insurgent Army leader was forcibly sent away, given fabricated Russian identity, and raised to hail the Communists
The Guardian censors article on Ukrainian historical stamps. Read it here
The tumultuous XX century saw modern-day Ukraine: engulfed in World War I; emerge from the ruins of the…
Milk cans with old UPA documents found in forests of Lviv Oblast
The documents, including books, protocols, and magazines dating from 1940-1950, were preserved in milk cans. There was also…
UPA underground bunker found in forest near Mykolayiv, Lviv Oblast
This is a unique find as the entire underground area has remained intact and unchanged since the days…
Hundreds of UPA documents found in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
According to Ruslan Zabily, Director of the National Memorial Museum “Tiurma na Lontskoho” (Prison on Lonskoho) in Lviv,…
German neo-Nazis march with Ukrainian nationalists in UPA march
On 14 October 2018, a relatively peaceful march to commemorate the UPA, Ukraine's WWII-era Insurgent Army, was held…
Strong Ukrainian OUN movement operated in the Donbas during WW2, historians say
- The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) operated actively in the Donbas. Tell us more about that. Alina…
Should Poles be afraid of the Right Sector? A Polish journalist found out
The Right Sector, a Ukrainian far-right political party, civic movement, and volunteer battalion deployed in fighting Russian-separatist forces…
Kyiv’s hold on Polish politics: why anti-Ukrainian rhetoric in Poland will grow stronger
The first of November in Poland is a state holiday and vacation day, All Saints’ Day, when one…