Ukraine to Open All SSU and Intelligence Archives on Volyn Tragedy, Zelenskyy Says
Zelensky said Ukraine will open security service and foreign intelligence archives and issue more permits for search-and-exhumation work, as Poland criticized the UPA honor.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced plans to open intelligence archives regarding the Volhynia tragedy, aiming to address diplomatic deterioration with Poland.
- Diplomatic relations deteriorated sharply after Zelensky signed a decree in late May granting the honorary title "Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army " to North, a unit within Ukraine's Special Operations Forces.
- Poland, which recognized the Volhynia massacre as genocide in 2016, criticized the move, noting that an estimated 30,000 to 60,000 Poles and 20,000 to 30,000 Ukrainians were killed during the 1943–1944 events.
- Polish President Karol Nawrocki stripped Zelensky of the country's highest honor, the Order of the White Eagle, while several Ukrainian officials subsequently renounced their Polish orders.
- To address the friction, Zelensky promised "solutions on the diplomatic front" and plans to issue additional permits for search-and-exhumation work, alongside opening Security Service and Foreign Intelligence Service archives.
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