Maidan activists realized that UPA marches discredit Ukraine
Celebrating the creation of the UPA with torchlight processions means playing into the hands of Kremlin propaganda. This opinion was expressed in a commentary to the Kyiv magazine “New Time” by the Ukrainian writer and singer, first secretary for cultural affairs of the Ukrainian Embassy in France, Irena Karpa, answering the question whether Ukraine needs torchlight processions in honor of the UPA. “I absolutely support the demolition of monuments to communists, security officers and other bastards who contributed to the destruction of Ukrainians. But as for the slogan...
