The Ukrainians have finished their search in the Lublin region. "Remains of women, children and men"

"Exploration research in the village of Łasków in the Lublin Voivodeship in Poland has been completed. As a result, collective and individual graves were discovered. According to preliminary estimates, the remains of over 40 people were found in the examined area: women, children and men," the UINP said in a statement.

The Institute explained that a more accurate determination of the age, sex and cause of death of the buried people will be possible during further exhumation research, which UINP intends to carry out in spring 2027.

"On the last day of the search work, survey excavations were carried out and one of the mass graves was partially uncovered, in which the remains of eight people were found. At the end of the expedition, its participants lit candles, paying tribute to the innocently murdered Ukrainians," the message on Facebook emphasized.

Mass murder in March 1944

UINP also provided a historical outline of the search. "According to various historical sources, more than 300 people died during the mass murder of Ukrainians in Łasków on March 10, 1944. In the course of research by historians and experts from Ukraine and Poland, the data of 327 inhabitants of Łasków who died in 1944 were established. However, some historians give a higher number of victims - about 350 people. The final number may be determined in the course of further research," the Institute noted.

Search works from October 6

The work carried out by the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance has ended. In accordance with the administrative decisions issued by the Provincial Conservator of Monuments, we had two observers there to watch how the work was carried out, said Dr. Rafał Kościański, press spokesman for the Institute of National Remembrance.

The search in Łaskowo lasted from October 6. They were carried out as part of the implementation of the arrangements developed by the Ukrainian-Polish working group on decent burials.

Last week, UINP reported that the remains of about 30 people were found in Łaskowo. In the message, he stated that Ukrainians in Łasków died as a result of attacks by Home Army units and Peasant Battalions in March 1944.