Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
Role at the time: Deputy prime minister and minister of national defense of Poland, in a post on X
Condemned
Statement summary
Poland's defense minister says the Lviv Oblast Council's decision to make 2027 the year of the UPA and Shukhevych is unacceptable and strengthens divisions instead of building trust, and that Ukraine's authorities must cut themselves off from that position.
“The Lviv Oblast Council's decision to make 2027 the year of the UPA and Shukhevych is unacceptable. Such a decision does not build mutual trust between nations but strengthens divisions. The Ukrainian authorities must dissociate themselves from this position. (Translated from Polish. Original: Decyzja Lwowskiej Rady Obwodowej, by 2027 rok był rokiem UPA i Szuchewycza, jest nieakceptowalna. Taka decyzja nie buduje wzajemnego zaufania między narodami, lecz wzmacnia podziały. Konieczne jest odcięcie się władz Ukrainy od tego stanowiska.)”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz's X post calling the Lviv Oblast Council's decision unacceptable · Władysław Kosiniak-KamyszFull post, October 20, 2026 (in Polish)
Why we used this label
The case concerns the Lviv Oblast Council's October 20, 2026, decision to declare 2027 in the region a year of the UPA, of Roman Shukhevych and of Oleh Olzhych. Kosiniak-Kamysz calls the decision unacceptable and asks Ukraine's authorities to dissociate themselves from it, which condemns it.