Poland and Ukraine have agreed to exhume Polish civilians murdered by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Wednesday after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The agreement follows a lengthy dispute over the need for Polish families to bury their relatives with dignity. It had become a sticking point between the two neighbours amid Warsaw's support for Kiev in its now three-year war with Russia.
During massacres in what is now western Ukraine between 1943 and 1945, Ukrainian nationalists murdered around 100,000 Poles.
They aimed to reinforce claims to the territory through an uprising against the German Nazi occupiers and the elimination of the Polish population.
Estimates suggest up to 20,000 Ukrainians were killed in retaliatory actions.
"We will solve the problem of commemorating, I do not want anyone in Poland or Europe to make this a political condition for supporting Ukraine in its confrontation with Russi
The agreement follows a lengthy dispute over the need for Polish families to bury their relatives with dignity. It had become a sticking point between the two neighbours amid Warsaw's support for Kiev in its now three-year war with Russia.
During massacres in what is now western Ukraine between 1943 and 1945, Ukrainian nationalists murdered around 100,000 Poles.
They aimed to reinforce claims to the territory through an uprising against the German Nazi occupiers and the elimination of the Polish population.
Estimates suggest up to 20,000 Ukrainians were killed in retaliatory actions.
"We will solve the problem of commemorating, I do not want anyone in Poland or Europe to make this a political condition for supporting Ukraine in its confrontation with Russi
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