Polish city halts ties with Lviv amid dispute over UPA commemorations
The move adds to tensions between the two countries after Lviv's council adopted decrees on Oct. 20 symbolically declaring 2027 as the Year of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and its military leader Romam Shukhevych.
The Polish city of Przemysl has unanimously voted to suspend cooperation with Lviv, a city in western Ukraine, in protest against a proposal to honor the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and its leader, Roman Shukhevych, in 2027. This move adds to tensions between the two countries after Lviv's council adopted decrees declaring the next year as the Year of the UPA, the Year of Shukhevych, and the Year of Oleh Olzhych, a Ukrainian poet and political activist.
The dispute could potentially spread to other Polish local authorities. Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk has described Lviv's decision as "suicidal tactics," warning President Volodymyr Zelensky that such gestures are not helping Ukraine-Poland relations amid Russia's full-scale aggression. Lviv's regional council cultural committee head Sviatoslav Sheremeta was declared persona non grata and banned from entering the Schengen area until 2031.
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