Poland has allowed Ukraine to conduct search operations in Kholmshchyna, where more than 330 Ukrainians were killed
Poland has granted Ukraine permission to conduct search operations in the village of Laskiv in the Lublin Voivodeship, where Ukrainians killed during the tragedy of March 10, 1944, may be buried.
The search operations will be conducted by the “Dolia” Memorial and Search Center on behalf of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance. According to Oleksandr Alferov, head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, the Ukrainian side received the permission on September 1, and the details of the operations are still being finalized.
The Ministry of Culture noted that this was the result of agreements reached by the Ukrainian-Polish working group on dignified burials, which operates with the participation of both countries.
On March 10, 1944, in Laskov, Polish underground units known as the “Peasant Battalions” and the Home Army attacked a Ukrainian village. According to various estimates, more than 330 Ukrainians were killed, including women, children, and the elderly.
On the same day, the neighboring Ukrainian village of Sahryn was also attacked; according to Ukrainian researchers, 621 people were killed there. Ukraine is still awaiting Poland’s permission to conduct search and exhumation work in Sahryn.
Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine is interested in accelerating search and exhumation efforts at the burial sites of the victims of the Volhynia tragedy.
Earlier, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to a legislative initiative being considered by the Polish Sejm to ban the ideology of the “OUN-UPA.” Kyiv called on the Polish side to refrain from unilateral steps that could strain bilateral relations and emphasized the importance of continuing the historical dialogue between the two countries.
