2025 Commission report on Ukraine

Tabled by Adam Bielan

… such matters must rather be addressed through open dialogue and genuine cooperation; Added: stresses that Ukraine must denounce the ideology, symbolism and actions of the UPA, acknowledge the mass crimes committed against the Polish and Jewish populations, and conduct exhumations and proper burials of victims of these crimes, in order to conform with European values; highlights that the UPA is responsible for the crime of genocide committed against the Polish people with an estimated 100 000 victims – most of whom were women and children – which is widely regarded as one of the largest ethnic cleansing campaigns in wartime eastern Europe; strongly condemns the fact that many people associated with the policies and operations that resulted in these killings are regarded as national heroes in Ukraine including, but not limited to, Stepan Bandera, Roman Shukhevych and Dmytro Klyachkivsky;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.391