The head of the Institute of National Remembrance Łukasz Kamiński admits that it is difficult to talk about random convergence visit of the Polish President in the Ukrainian parliament and the subsequent resolution, renders the UPA honors. Ukrainian parliament on the day when he spoke there Bronislaw Komorowski, passed a law which considered “fighters for freedom and independence of Ukraine”, among others members of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, responsible for the murder of Poles.
Łukasz Kamiński said in a radio Troika that Poland had for a long time with some form of recognition for the UPA of Ukrainian authorities. According to the head of the IPN best way to solve the issues at stake in the joint Polish-Ukrainian history is dialogue. Kaminski added that in this case is still a lot to do. – Do not gone through this painful step of measuring with a difficult past – he noted. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted on Thursday after an Bronislaw Komorowski law that recognizes the legal status of participants in the struggle for the independence of the country in the twentieth century, including members of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). According to the Act for militants fighting for the independence of Ukraine are recognized all those who participated in the various forms of struggle for the independence of the country in the twentieth century.
UPA fought in World War II against both Germany and the Soviet Union. Since the spring of 1943 also led military action against the Polish population in Volhynia, Polesie and Eastern Galicia, aimed at the complete removal of these areas. It is estimated that as a result of the UPA killed about 100 thousand. Poles.
See also: Bronislaw Komorowski in Bykivnya 
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