Poland charges Ukrainian with vandalizing war memorials to stir ethnic tensions

WARSAW: Poland has ‌charged an 18-year-old Ukrainian man with inciting ethnic tensions by desecrating memorials to Poles killed by Ukrainian nationalists during World War Two, the Internal Security Agency (ABW) said on Thursday. The so-called Volhynia massacres have been a source of tension between the countries for years. The man, referred to as Illia K. under Polish privacy ‌laws, is charged ‌with 47 criminal acts committed ‌between ⁠November 2024 and August ⁠2025, including the desecration of memorial sites and preparation for sabotage activities using a drone.

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