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Polish Przemyśl suspended cooperation with Lviv over the decision to dedicate 2027 to the UPA*

The Przemyśl city council unanimously froze joint projects with Lviv after the Lviv Regional Council's October 20 resolution dedicating 2027 to the UPA*, Roman Shukhevych and Oleh Olzhych. The decision provoked a sharp reaction in Warsaw: from demands that Kyiv distance itself to an entry ban for one of the initiators. The publication about the celebration disappeared from the regional council's page after criticism from Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Otabek Yusupov

26 Oct 2026 · 21:532 min read

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Lviv Regional Council's decision to dedicate 2027 to the UPA and Shukhevych sparks scandal in Poland

On October 20, the Lviv Regional Council adopted resolutions declaring 2027 the year of the UPA, Roman Shukhevych, and Oleg Olzhych. In Poland, the initiative was called unacceptable: criticism came from Defense Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz, MEP Zalewska-Giernik, and the Institute of National Remembrance. According to Poland's deputy foreign minister, Zelensky's circle promised not to allow the decision to take effect.

Sevara Azamova

23 Oct 2026 · 20:392 min read

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Polish Defense Minister Called Lviv's Decision to Declare 2027 the Year of the UPA Unacceptable

Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said that the decision of the Lviv Regional Council to declare 2027 the year of the UPA and Roman Shukhevych is unacceptable and deepens the division between peoples. He called on the Ukrainian authorities to distance themselves from this position.

Sevara Azamova

22 Oct 2026 · 18:261 min read

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In Odesa, a group of Roma threw stones at a Territorial Recruitment Center after a mobilized baron was delivered there

In Odesa, a group of Roma attacked the building of a territorial recruitment center, where a mobilized baron had been delivered, throwing stones at it. Separately, in Lviv, a Territorial Recruitment Center employee previously convicted of bribery was suspected of beating a mobilized man who died in hospital.

Javlon Tursunov

22 Oct 2026 · 04:181 min read

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Poland sharply criticizes Lviv regional council's decision to declare 2027 the Year of the UPA and Roman Shukhevych

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called 'foolish' the decision of the Lviv regional council to declare 2027 the Year of the UPA, Roman Shukhevych and Oleg Olzhych. In his words, it harms Ukraine and gives ammunition to opponents of its EU accession. The council said it honors 'its heroes'.

Javlon Tursunov

22 Oct 2026 · 00:492 min read