Ukraine allows Poland to conduct search operations in Rivne region village of Uhly – ambassador
Ukraine has granted Poland permission to conduct search works in the village of Uhly, Rivne region, reported the Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland Vasyl Bodnar.
"I am starting this week with good news for our relations between Ukraine and Poland. I have just signed a note transferring permission from the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine to the Polish side to conduct search works in the village of Uhly, Rivne region. This permission was issued in response to the request of Karolina Romanovska," the ambassador wrote on Facebook.
In this regard, he invited relevant representatives of the Polish side to participate in conducting relevant work on site.
"I would like to emphasize once again: Ukraine and I are personally ready to continue cooperating with Polish partners in the historical field and on issues of conducting exhumations. We are open and honest. Only in this way will we be able to achieve real understanding. I hope that Polish partners will also be open to a real dialogue on complex issues of our common historical past," Bodnar added.
As reported, in early May it became known that the remains of 42 people were discovered at the site of exhumation works in the former village of Puzhnyky in the Ternopil region. On September 6, the bodies were reburied.
A joint Ukrainian-Polish expedition also carried out search and exhumation works in Lviv, during which a mass grave of victims of World War II was discovered.
In addition, at the end of September, search works were carried out at the site of possible burials of soldiers of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in the village of Yurechkova, Podkarpacie Voivodeship, on the territory of Poland. No burials were discovered there.
