“ Information appeared in the Polish media. that the Ukrainian side is allegedly delaying the approval of the permits for the exhumation of the victims of the Volyn tragedy, which were handed over to it by Poland. Source: Polish radio station RMF FM with reference to informed sources, “European Truth” writes. Details: According to RMF FM, since the beginning of the year, the Polish Institute of National Remembrance has submitted 26 applications for permission to exhume the victims of the Volyn tragedy, but Ukraine allegedly agreed to only one exhumation – in the city of Mostyska in the Lviv region. According to the interlocutors of RMF FM, this year there is a chance to get a permit allegedly only for the exhumation of the second mass burial in the village of Puzhnyki, Ivano-Frankivsk region (the reburial of the first took place in September). “The Ukrainian side is delaying the meeting of the interdepartmental commission, which could make a decision on this issue,” the material states. They add that the requests of the Polish Institute of National Remembrance are only valid for a year, and if Ukraine does not make a decision by that time, the institute “will be forced to submit new applications, which will prolong the entire procedure.” As for the work permit issued in the village of Ugly in the Rivne region, the interlocutors of RMF FM claim that the search works will be carried out allegedly only by a Ukrainian company without cooperation with the Polish side. As you know, the issue of exhumations has been a bone of contention in relations between Ukraine and Poland for years. At the beginning of October, the Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland, Vasyl Bodnar, said that Ukraine would soon issue new permits for the search and exhumation of the victims of the Volyn tragedy.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Polish radio station RMF FM with reference to informed sources, writes “European Truth”
Details: According to RMF FM, since the beginning of the year, the Polish Institute of National Remembrance submitted 26 applications for permission to exhume the victims of the Volyn tragedy, but Ukraine allegedly agreed to only one exhumation – in the city of Mostyska in the Lviv Region.
According to the interlocutors of RMF FM, this year there is a chance to get permission allegedly only for the exhumation of the second mass burial in the village of Puzhnyki, Ivano-Frankivsk region (the reburial of the first took place in September).
“The Ukrainian side is delaying the meeting of the interdepartmental commission, which could make a decision on this issue,” the material states.
They add that the requests of the Polish Institute of National Remembrance are only valid for a year, and if Ukraine does not make a decision by that time, the institute “will be forced to submit new applications, which will prolong the entire procedure.”
As for the issued work permit in the village of Ugly, Rivne regionthe interlocutors of RMF FM claim that the search works will be carried out allegedly only by a Ukrainian company without cooperation with the Polish side.
As you know, the issue of exhumations has been a bone of contention in relations between Ukraine and Poland for years.
At the beginning of October, the ambassador of Ukraine to Poland, Vasyl Bodnar, said that Ukraine will issue soon new permits for the search and exhumation of victims of the Volyn tragedy.