Zelensky: Ukraine and Poland now facing one common threat – Russia
Ukraine and Poland now face one common threat. That threat is Russia.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in his evening address, according to Ukrinform.
“The important moral significance of this day, July 11. Every year on this day, Poland and Ukraine honor the memory of people – civilians – who were killed in Volyn during the Second World War. Today, representatives of the Ukrainian state took part in joint prayer services alongside representatives of the Polish state – both here in Ukraine and in Poland. Ukraine is doing its part to fairly establish the facts about those who were killed in those years. Search operations are underway at the sites of former villages and burial locations. Ukraine is committed to accelerating this process,” Zelensky said.
The President noted that exhumation work would begin in two days at the sites of the former villages of Ostrivky and Volia Ostrovetska.
“What we need is the full truth and a Christian commemoration of the victims. But we must also remember that today, in our own time, Ukraine and Poland face one common threat, which is a deadly threat to our independence, to both our states, to every city and every village. That threat is Russia. As we speak about the past, we must not cast doubt on the future of our nations – the future of Ukraine, of Poland, and the future of all of Europe,” he said.
Earlier, Ukrinform reported that a new phase of research aimed at exhuming and reburying the remains of local residents killed in August 1943 will begin on July 13 at the sites of the former villages of Ostrivky and Volia Ostrovetska in Volyn region’s Kovel district.
Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine