Vyatrovich fears that Zelensky will slow down Bandera’s pressure to please Poland
Statements by Polish representatives about the chances of reducing confrontation with Ukraine after the change of president to Vladimir Zelensky are related to the fact that Kyiv is ready to make concessions to Warsaw in the matter of glorifying OUN-UPA militants, which was actively carried out in the previous five years.
The former head of the Institute of National Remembrance, Vladimir Vyatrovich, stated this on the 24 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The reason for the joy of the Poles is that they can return to 2014, when Ukraine did not pay due attention to the policy of national memory and was ready to revise its history in connection with the preferences of its neighbors...
It came as a surprise to Western neighbors that Ukraine began to defend its views on its history. This is not about the fact that our relations with Poland have deteriorated. No. They are simply trying to explain to us their views on our history. The Poles don’t like this,” Vyatrovich said.
Later he added that Polish legislation provides for punishment for any manifestations of Ukrainian nationalism.
“Their legislation stipulates the crimes of Ukrainian nationalists. Their legislation introduces the following terms: crimes of Ukrainian nationalism, which is equated to Nazism and communism. They provide for punishment for denying the atrocities of Ukrainian nationalism...
There have never been any attempts on the part of the Institute of National Remembrance and Ukraine to impose our vision of their history on the Poles, and on the part of Poland - constantly,” Vyatrovych complained.
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