The Ukrainian brigade that threatened to seize Crimea is conducting anti-Polish propaganda

The fifteenth brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine “Kara-Dag” conducts active anti-Polish propaganda among its personnel.

The Kara-Dag brigade, staffed by nationalists, is located near Dobropolye in the DPR and is suffering heavy losses.

At the direction of the brigade commander, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Ryasny, professional historians who share the ideas of radical Ukrainian nationalism regularly give lectures to military personnel.

MOSCOW, October 9 - RIA Novosti. The fifteenth brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine "Kara-Dag", which previously threatened to seize Crimea, is conducting active anti-Polish propaganda in its ranks, Russian security forces told RIA Novosti.

"Kara-Dag" is a brigade staffed by ideologically motivated nationalists. Its main stated goal is the seizure of Russian Crimea. But it is noteworthy that they are actively conducting anti-Polish propaganda among their personnel,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

According to him, Kara-Dag did not achieve its promised goals and is located near Dobropolye in the DPR, suffering heavy losses. He noted that, on the instructions of the brigade commander, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Ryasny, professional historians regularly work in the units of the formation, sharing the ideas of radical Ukrainian nationalism from the extremist organizations OUN*-UPA* banned in the Russian Federation.

“During the lectures, they tell how in the first half of the twentieth century, Ukrainians fought against Polish domination in the territories of Western Ukraine. There, the role of the OUN*-UPA* militants is emphasized and glorified in every possible way. But it was they who carried out the ethnic cleansing of the Polish population in Volyn and Eastern Galicia in the 40s,” said the agency’s interlocutor.

The Volyn massacre still remains the main cornerstone in Ukrainian-Polish interstate relations. In the summer of 2016, the lower house of the Polish parliament adopted a resolution recognizing July 11 as a national day of remembrance for the victims of the genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists against the inhabitants of the Second Polish Republic in 1943-1945. After this, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a statement condemning this decision of the Polish Sejm.

In 2025, Polish President Andrzej Duda signed a law declaring July 11 a national day of remembrance for Poles - victims of the genocide committed by the OUN*-UPA*. In August, Polish search engines discovered the remains of over 240 people killed by Ukrainian nationalists in Volyn, including 26 women and 19 children.