Kyiv says it “flies in the face of the spirit of good neighbourly relations”.

Kyiv says it “flies in the face of the spirit of good neighbourly relations”.
The Volhynia massacres, in which Ukrainian nationalists killed around 100,000 Poles, have long caused tensions between Warsaw and Kyiv.
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Lviv’s mayor called Sławomir Mentzen a “pro-Russian politician with a Polish passport”.
The work will take place at a mass grave in a former Polish village located in what is now western Ukraine.
During a visit to Warsaw, Zelensky appeared to aim criticism at the opposition candidate and presented an award to Tusk’s candidate.
The issue has long been a source of tension between the two neighbours and allies.
Most identified border blockades by Polish farmers and the WWII Volhynia massacres as reasons for disputes between the two nations.
The law would place propagation of “Banderism” alongside Nazism, fascism and communism as a crime carrying a jail sentence of up to three years.
Ukraine has indicated there are “no obstacles” to exhumations taking place and that it will “positively consider” requests.
The idea caused disagreement among Polish MEPs, with right-wing politicians criticising left-wing ones for voting against it.
The Volhynia massacres of ethnic Poles by Ukrainian nationalists has long caused tensions between the two countries.
Several cities refused to host the statue, which depicts a baby being impaled on a Ukrainian trident.
During the Volhynia massacres, Ukrainian nationalists murdered up to 100,000 ethnic Poles.
The heads of Poland’s Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church signed a joint declaration on the Volhynia massacres.