The searches will take place in the former village of Huta Pieniacka, where around 850 Poles were killed by Ukrainians on on 28 February 1944.
Volhynia
Ukraine authorises further searches for Polish WWII massacre victims
Work will take place in three former Polish villages where residents were massacred by Ukrainian nationalists.
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