Exhumations in Ukraine. There is consent for the exhumation of Polish soldiers who died in 1939

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Works on the extraction of Polish victims of the Volyn massacre, in the erstwhile village of Puźniki

“The Ukrainian authorities issued a second licence for the exhumation of the remains of Poles buried in the territory of this country”, said Deputy Minister of Culture of Ukraine, Andrij Najos, on Wednesday. However, it is not about searching for remains of victims of the Volyn massacre, but about Polish soldiers who died in 1939 in Lviv and were buried in the erstwhile village of Zboiska.

On Wednesday, the Ukrainian authorities reported that a second licence for exhumation of the remains of Poles. However, it is not about victims of the Volyn massacre, but about soldiers of the Polish Army.

– We confirm present that Ukraine is issuing a second licence for Search work on the territory of the village ZboiskaWhich today lies within the borders of Lviv. The remains of Polish citizens, soldiers who died in Lviv in 1939 and were buried in Zboiski will be sought," said Najos.

"11 June Ministry of Culture and strategical Communications Ukraine reported giving second consent to exhumation work in Ukraine. Consent concerns the application for work on the erstwhile site village Zboiskawhere they remainder remains of soldiers of the Polish Army. The request was lodged by Institute of National Memory. The work will be conducted by the Polish side in cooperation with the Ukrainian side" - the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage sent in a Wednesday communication.

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Ukraine's first licence to search and the exhumations afraid the village of Puźniki in the present Tarnopolski region. They ended on May 10.

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Exhumations in Puźniki are a continuation of the work carried out by the Freedom and Democracy Foundation from May to August 2023, completed They found the grave where the remains of the victims rest.

In January 2025, on the basis of the results of the search, the Ukrainian authorities authorised the exhumation of the found remains. The work was carried out from 23 April to 10 May 2025.