Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine is interested in accelerating search efforts in villages where victims of the Volyn tragedy may be buried. [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.]

Head of Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance: Ukraine is not halting the search for Volyn tragedy victims and is awaiting the start of work in Poland

"It is our shared duty to honor the memory of each victim with dignity," the Ukrainian embassy said on July 11, Poland's National Day of Remembrance for victims of the Volyn…