On the night of Saturday, July 5, the grave of the prominent Ukrainian writer, scholar, and professor Bohdan Lepkyi was vandalized at the Rakowicki Cmentarz in Kraków, Poland.
Heorhii Tykhyi, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told reporters about this, according to Ukrinform.
“Last night at the Rakowicki Cmentarz in Krakow, the grave of the prominent Ukrainian writer, scholar, and professor Bohdan Lepkyi was desecrated—a bas-relief of the writer was stolen from his tombstone,” he said.
According to Tykhyi, Kyiv views this act of vandalism as a deliberate provocation aimed at further inflaming hostility between Ukraine and the Republic of Poland.
“The Consulate General of Ukraine in Kraków immediately contacted the police, the administration of the Rakowicki Cmentarz, and the Kraków city authorities, calling for a comprehensive investigation to establish all the circumstances of the crime, identify those involved in its commission, take immediate measures to return or restore the stolen bas-relief, and ensure adequate security at the burial site,” added the Foreign Ministry spokesperson.
