Bericht 2025 der Kommission über die Ukraine

Eingereicht von Özlem Demirel, Danilo Della Valle, Rudi Kennes

Hinzugefügt: 66a. Expresses serious concern regarding the official commemoration at state level of historical figures and organisations responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), whose leaders collaborated with Nazi Germany and whose forces were responsible for the mass killing of tens of thousands of Polish and Jewish civilians during the Second World War; notes with concern the presidential decree of May 2026 granting the honorary title of ‘Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army’ to a unit of Ukraine’s special forces, as well as the state-level reburial ceremony of OUN leader Andriy Melnyk attended by President Zelenskyy on 25 May 2026; calls on the Ukrainian authorities to refrain from state-sponsored commemoration of individuals and organisations implicated in war crimes, to engage in a transparent and honest reckoning with this period of national history, and to prioritise reconciliation with neighbouring countries;

Wortlaut wie vom EP veröffentlicht, auf Englisch. PE783.391