Donald Tusk. Photo: Getty Images
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he hopes Ukrainians will rethink their approach to the Volyn tragedy and urged people in Poland to avoid inflaming emotions. [The Volyn (Volhynia) tragedy was a series of events that led to the ethnic cleansing of the Polish and Ukrainian populations in 1943 during World War II. It was part of a long-standing rivalry between Ukrainians and Poles in what is now Ukraine's west. Poland considers the Volyn tragedy a genocide of Poles – ed.]
Source: European Pravda, citing PAP, Poland's national news agency
Details: Tusk said that on 11 July, the anniversary of the Volyn tragedy, he will make a statement on the Polish-Ukrainian dispute over the UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army).
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