
The decision was made during a plenary meeting of the council in connection with the upcoming historical anniversaries.
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The activities of the UPA and OUN are the subject of a historical dispute between Poland and Ukraine, especially in the context of crimes against the Polish population in 1943-1945.
This decision was made at the plenary meeting of the Lviv Regional Council on Tuesday, it was reported on its official website.
“This is our history, our heroes and we should properly respect their memory,” said the head of the culture committee, Council member Sviatoslav Sheremeta, during the meeting.
The idea appeared in July. As argued, 2027 will be the 120th anniversary of the birth of Shukhevych - the commander-in-chief of the UPA - and Olzhich, an activist of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and a poet. It will also be the 85th anniversary of the establishment of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.
At an extraordinary meeting, the Lviv council adopted a statement regarding - as indicated - the inadmissibility of external pressure on Ukrainian state policy regarding the commemoration of people fighting for the country's independence.
UPA and OUN at the center of the dispute
The activities of the UPA and OUN have remained one of the most difficult topics in relations between Warsaw and Kiev for years. In Poland, the crimes committed by Ukrainian nationalists against the Polish population of Volhynia and Eastern Galicia in 1943–1945 are considered genocide.
Ethnic cleansing claimed approximately 120,000 victims of Polish origin. The victims of the murders were also representatives of other communities living in these areas.

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