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Ukraine Grants Poland Access to Exhume WWII Soldier Graves in Lviv Region
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Ukraine has granted Poland permission to carry out exhumation work for Polish servicemen buried in the former village of Zboiska.
This was reported by the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications on June 11.
The Ministry of Culture announced that Ukraine had authorized the Polish side to conduct exhumation work for Polish soldiers who died in 1939 and were buried in the area of the former village of Zboiska (now part of Lviv).
“As confirmation of the constructive cooperation between Ukraine and Poland on historical matters, we inform about the granting of permission to the Polish side to carry out exhumation work for Polish servicemen who died in 1939 and are buried in the area of the former village of Zboiska,” the statement read.
“We are convinced that shared memory and mutual steps toward each other will unite our peoples in the name of our common European future.”
At the same time, Rafał Leśkiewicz, spokesman for the Institute of National Remembrance, informed PAP, “the Ukrainian side has applied to the IPN for permission to conduct search and exhumation work in the town of Jureczkowa.”
“The Institute of National Remembrance has initiated efforts to obtain the necessary consents and administrative approvals to begin this work. Once these are secured and organizational matters are agreed upon with the Ukrainian side, the work can commence together,” he noted. He added that the work will be financed by the Ukrainian side and is expected to begin as early as autumn this year.
Piotr Jędrzejowski, Deputy Director of the Information Centre of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, told PAP that “the Ukrainian side has received preliminary consent to carry out work on the territory of Poland, which precedes the receipt of administrative approvals.”
“The consent was granted by the Institute of National Remembrance, which is the authority responsible for the exhumation of war graves. The work will be carried out with the participation of the Polish side,” he informed.
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhiy Tychyi noted during a June 10 briefing in Kyiv that “work on the exhumations is ongoing.”
“In recent days, false information has emerged about their alleged suspension. Once again, I deny these fakes. Search and exhumation work will also begin soon on the territory of Poland,” he said, without providing further details.
On June 3, Poland’s newly elected president, Karol Nawrocki, voiced support for deepening ties with Ukraine and emphasized the need to resolve long-standing historical differences between the two nations.
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