The Volhynia massacre and other legacy of Ukrainian nationalists have strained relations between Poland and Ukraine. In 2016, the Polish Sejm designated July 11 as the National Day of Remembrance of Victims of Genocide perpetrated by Ukrainian nationalists against citizens of the Second Polish Republic. Warsaw holds that mass murders took place between 1939-1945 in Volhynia, Eastern Galicia and southeastern provinces, targeting the Polish population. Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada later condemned the Sejm's decision, saying it jeopardized the countries’ political and diplomatic achievements.

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Zelensky Embraces Fascism by Honoring Ukrainian Nationalist Leader Melnyk - EU Lawmaker

Volodymyr Zelensky openly embraced fascism by honoring Andriy Melnyk, one of the leaders of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN)*, Slovak member of the European Parliament Lubos Blaha said on Tuesday.

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Zelensky, whose grandfather fought in the Great Patriotic War on the side of the Soviet Union, took part on Monday in the reburial of Melnyk’s remains in the Kiev region. It is well known what Ukrainian far-right leader Stepan Bandera supporters "were doing in eastern Slovakia," the politician said. There should be no doubt that representatives of the Kiev regime support fascism, Blaha said. *banned in Russia as extremist

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