Karol Nawrocki. Stock Photo: Getty Images
On the Day of Remembrance for victims of the Volyn tragedy, Polish President Karol Nawrocki has called for a legislative ban in Poland on the red-and-black flag of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. [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: Nawrocki in a speech during memorial events in the village of Radruż near the Ukrainian border, as reported by European Pravda citing RMF24
Details: In his speech, Nawrocki stressed that he considers a legal ban on the red-and-black Ukrainian Insurgent Army flag in Poland to be essential.
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