Polish President Nawrocki Said He Will Seek a Ban on the UPA Flag in the Country

He spoke at a ceremony marking the National Day of Remembrance for the victims of the genocide committed by the OUN and UPA and said Poland would not agree to forget the 120,000 of its citizens killed during the Volhynia tragedy.

According to Nawrocki, this is not about accusing the Ukrainian people, but about condemning the ideology of Ukrainian nationalism and those who took part in the killings of civilians.

“We do not agree to forget the 120,000 Poles—civilians, women, and children—brutally murdered by Ukrainian nationalists,” the Polish president said.

Nawrocki also spoke out against the use of the UPA’s red-and-black flag in the country and expressed hope that the Polish parliament would support the relevant bill.

“Under this red-and-black flag, which we do not want to see in Poland—and I will do everything to ensure that it is not present in Poland—Polish women and children were murdered,” he said, calling the symbol an expression of the ideology of Ukrainian nationalism.

The red-and-black flag of the OUN and UPA is also used in the imagery of the Ukrainian nationalist Right Sector party, which has operated since 2014.