Poland’s Policy Towards Ukraine
Poland’s Policy Towards Ukraine

Summary/Abstract: Poland’s policy towards Ukraine in 2017 was influenced mainly by the prolonged dispute over historical issues. Its culminating point was the introduction of a moratorium on the search and exhumation of the remains of Polish victims of wars and conflicts on Ukrainian territory. The decision was made in response to the removal of the monument to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in Hruszowice (Podkarpackie Voivodship) by local authorities and representatives of Polish national circles. The Ukrainian authorities demanded its reconstruction. The Polish side, however, announced that the monument had been erected without proper permits, that its removal had been carried out in accordance with the law, and demanded the moratorium to be lifted. The negative reaction of the Polish authorities was also aroused by the opening of a memorial complex at the Veretsky Pass (Lviv region) in October, devoted to the fighters of the Carpathian Sich, who were murdered (as alleged by the inscription) by Poles and Hungarians in March 1939. The execution order issued by the Polish authorities is not confirmed by any historical sources. Meanwhile, the facility was opened personally by Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic integration, who granted the theory on the Polish war crime the nature of an official interpretation.

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