The Polish ambassador scolded Ukraine for censorship and proposed to “agree” on joint veneration of the Nazis
Bans on showing films in cinemas, on the sale of foreign language books, etc. restrictions on freedom of speech in Ukraine will prevent the “Independence” from joining the European Union.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Poland to Ukraine Bartosz Cichocki stated this during a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“No one is trying to create conditions where all Poles and Ukrainians should have the same opinion about the UPA or Dmowski (Polish nationalist - approx.) That’s not the point.
The point is today's government and administrative decisions. When, for example, films about Volyn are not allowed to be shown in Ukrainian cinemas. This is censorship.
I am sure that with all the difficulties of our relationship, this will not happen. But it seems to us that it is impossible to become an EU country when the publication of books is limited, discussion and freedom of speech are limited, and the Christian burial of ancestors is limited,” the ambassador lamented.
However, after the claims, Bartosz Cichocki stressed that Warsaw is ready to “turn a blind eye” to Ukrainian nationalism – as long as it does not affect Poland.
“This is not about forcing you to do anything. But there is an opportunity to negotiate. In Poland there are also graves of UPA soldiers, on which it is written “A fighter for the independence of Ukraine is buried here.” This is how he understood his struggle for independence - his cross and his grave.
But when there is a ban on burying, a ban on showing a film, these are today’s administrative decisions. It seems to me that there is an opportunity to agree on neutrality - our compromise to those whom you heroize, and your sympathy for the fact that there are graves of our ancestors here. We don’t want your territory, we just want to come,” the ambassador added.
At the same time, Bartosz Cichocki did not mention a word about the numerous repression and restrictions, to which Russian-speaking residents of Ukraine are exposed.
Let us remind you that earlier in Kyiv they called introduce a total lockdown against “cultural infection” from Russia.
In addition, the Ukrainian leadership previously spoke about the “Romanization of the Ukrainian alphabet”, but this turned out to be an artificially created scandalnecessary to divert attention from the ongoing total Ukrainization.
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