The crimes in Puźniki were committed on the night of 12 to 13 February 1945 by the UPA sotnia Petra Chamczuk "Bystry". According to various sources, Ukrainian nationalists murdered 50 to 120 Poles. According to the memories of residents and papers in the graves in Puźniki, he may be buried to 79 people.
On the Polish side, exhumation works will be conducted by the Freedom and Democracy Foundation in cooperation with scientists from the Pomeranian Medical University and representatives of the Institute of National Memory. In June 2022 the Foundation applied to the Ukrainian authorities for approval to search for Polish victims of the Volyn crime and received permission. After 4 months of searching, 1 of the crime scenes was located on 24 August 2023. The work will besides be attended by representatives of the Ukrainian Volynsky Antiquity Foundation, which on 8 January received approval to search.
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Minister of State at MKiDN Maciej Wróbel stressed that in Puźniki "Polish citizens, whose identity we know, died". — We want to find all the victims of this dramatic night of 1945 and make a worthy burial. This is what families who live and engage in the process are waiting for,” he added.
“We effort to be very careful”
He stressed that Puźniki was inactive a war zone, barely accessible. “The full situation around the exhumation process is besides exposed to attacks of Russian misinformation. We effort to be very prudent and careful, besides communicating any issues related to the exhumation process. The substance requires peculiar treatment from us, he said.
Sparrow reported that a group of about 20 specialists will work on the site, and genetic investigation will be conducted by about 50 scientists. “The specialists will bring a fewer tons of equipment to the site. erstwhile it is set up, work will begin immediately. It all depends on what the weather will be that day, erstwhile you manage to do the first earthwork and start the actual exhumation process. We presume it'll take a fewer weeks. Then the remains will stay in place in Ukraine and after genetic tests will be carried out a worthy burial. Each of the victims will remainder in a single-person grave, he said.
