“In March in Poland there will be a meeting of the Polish-Ukrainian group on historical issues on February 21, 15:31 To share: the remains of a Polish cemetery in Pavlovka, Volyn (photo: Galina Tereshchuk / RFE / RL) in March in Poland will take place in Poland. historical issues. The Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland Vasyl Bodnar said this in an interview with Radio Liberty. It is noted that the working group has already held two meetings. The list was agreed”, – Write On: ua.news
The remnants of the Polish cemetery in Pavlovka, Volyn (photo: Galina Tereshchuk / RFE / RL)
In March, the third meeting of the Polish-Ukrainian Group on Historical Affairs will be held in Poland. The Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland Vasyl Bodnar said this in an interview with Radio Liberty.
It is noted that the working group has already held two meetings.
The list of places of interest to the Polish side was agreed, existing problems and necessary further steps, including preparation of reports, were identified.
“There is one problematic question. I hope next week there will be one meeting that will allow some dots to be placed in some way “And ”the ambassador said.
On February 9, Vasyl Bodnar reported that the beginning of the exhumation of the Polish victims of the Volyn tragedy was scheduled for spring 2025 in the village of Puzhniki (Ternopil region).
Discussions between Poland and Ukraine through the Volyn tragedy – what is known
On July 24, 2024, Poland’s Defense Minister Vladislav Kosinyak-Kaysh stated that Warsaw would not be able to agree to Ukraine’s accession to the EU until the country has completed disputes around events in Volyn during the Second World War.
On September 19, the Onet portal reported, citing its own sources that the Polish Foreign Ministry allegedly plans to use Ukraine’s European integration aspirations as a tool of pressure on Kiev in the coming months – in particular, in the issues of exhumation of victims of the Volyn tragedy.
On September 24, Polish President Andrzej Duda criticized Kosinyak-Khash’s statement and noted that such phrases “is part of politics [російського диктатора Володимира] Putin. “
Duda later also stated that the “problematic” historical issues of the relationship between Poland and Ukraine should have a breakthrough, but not only as a result of “unceremonious blackmail”.
On October 1, Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga stated that Ukraine is ready to discuss controversial issues of common history with Polish colleagues.
On November 27, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Poland and Ukraine Radoslav Sikorsky and Andriy Sibiga adopted a joint statement on the exhumation of victims of the Volyn tragedy during a meeting in Warsaw. In the statement, Ukraine confirmed the absence of obstacles to search and exhumation works in its territory.
On January 13, 2025, the Deputy Chairman of the Freedom Foundation and Democracy Matsei Dansevich stated that the exhumation of the remains of the Polish victims of the Volyn tragedy, buried in the former village of Puzhnikov, Ternopil region, will begin in April 2025.
On February 6, the RMF FM radio station reported that the Freedom and Democracy Fund completes the formation of a mission that will start the exhumation of the Poles’ remains in the dusaders. In addition to representatives of the institution, it will include anthropologists, archaeologists, forensic experts and geneticists.