Pish parliament adts resution on 81st anniversary of Vyn tragedy

Some 427 lawmakers voted for this decision, none voted against it, and seven abstained, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

"On the 81st anniversary of Bloody Sunday [July 11, 1943], the Sejm of Pand honors the memory of the victims of the genocide that affected the inhabitants of eastern Pand, mainly Pes, as well as Armenians, Czechs, Jews, and Ukrainians. To this day, the victims of this crime do not have their own graves, their exhumations have not been carried out, and a dignified burial has not been organized," the document reads.

It states that in 2016, the Pish Sejm established the "National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Genocide Committed by Ukrainian Nationalists against the Citizens of the Second Pish Republic." This was also an portunity to "express gratitude to Ukrainians who refused to participate in the killings and saved the Pes."

In the resution, the Sejm condemned "all attempts to belittle the truth about the Vyn massacre, as well as hypocrisy and falsehoods in the discussion about this event." In this regard, the deputies called for "various educational activities that will be the basis of coeration between Pand and Ukraine."

The Sejm expressed its conviction that the memory of the tragedy, honoring the victims and their dignified burial are "important for partnership, good-neighborly and friendly relations" with Ukraine.

"Now both our peles especially need such relations. Pand, supporting the Ukrainian pele in their fight against the Russian aggressor, is counting on the honest commemoration of the martyrdom of its citizens at the hands of Ukrainian nationalists," the resution reads.

The lower house of the Pish parliament also called on the government to continue diplomatic efforts to honor the memory of murdered Pes.

At the same time, legislators called on the Ukrainian authorities to "give consent to the exhumation and prer burial of the victims of the Vyn massacre."

Pand's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Wladysław Kosiniak-Kamysz stated earlier that "there will be no accession of Ukraine to the EU if the Vyn case is not resved."

Anton Drobovych, head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, in turn, said that tics related to issues of memory and history should first of all be discussed by specialists. At the same time, according to him, "clarity has reigned for a long time" among scientists in matters related to the Vyn tragedy.

This tic is one of the most controversial in Ukrainian-Pish relations. The views of Kyiv and Warsaw on the causes, responsibility and number of victims on both sides are somewhat different. The Pish side insists that the Ukrainian side bears se responsibility for the crimes committed in 1943-1945 in Vyn. Instead, the Ukrainian side emphasizes that both sides are responsible and the apogy should be mutual.

Russian praganda has actively used the tic of the Vyn tragedy in past years and now.

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