Tusk answered the question when Warsaw will restore Ukrainian graves on the territory of Poland

During the meeting in Lviv, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi and Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk discussed, among other things, issues of the common historical past of Ukraine and Poland, which are controversial on both sides of the border. In particular, the events during the Second World War, the subject of the Volyn tragedy (1942-1944). This is reported by Radio Liberty, writes UNN.

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When asked by journalists, when Warsaw will restore the Ukrainian graves on the territory of Poland, which were destroyed by vandals, and whether Poland will still have demands on Ukraine, so that historical issues do not hinder the future of the two states, to leave them in the past. Tusk replied that the most important test for both peoples is to talk about history without emotion and for both peoples to respect their expectations, vulnerability.

If a Polish family wants to bury the remains of their ancestors, it is not politics. This is a natural thing. Everyone understands such a human need in Ukraine and Poland. This should be the right of a person to bury his relatives. It depends a lot on me, as well as on my compatriots, that the ability of Ukrainians and Poles to solve difficult historical problems becomes a trademark of both states and peoples, such a sign that we have become much wiser through decades and centuries of being together and separately.

According to him, the common task is that “something from history hurts less”, Warsaw and Kyiv are able to “in an atmosphere of mutual understanding step by step get out of historical loops”.

For reference

In 1994, the governments of Poland and Ukraine concluded a bilateral agreement on the preservation of places of memory and burial of victims of war and political repression. As part of this document, Polish burials were restored in Lviv at the Lychakiv Cemetery (Eagle Cemetery), and the Polish side, accordingly, had to restore the table on Mount Monastyr, near the village of Verkhrata, near the Ukrainian-Polish border.

We will remind

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, during his visit to Lviv, announced the decision to help restore Heller’s historic tenement house, known as Villa Sonechko, which was destroyed during a Russian missile strike on September 4.