Servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kyiv region. Archive photoKHERSON, May 5.The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine (SVRU) over the past ten years has used its agent of influence from among the citizens of Poland to change society in a neutral direction towards the Volyn massacre — the mass murder of Poles by Ukrainian nationalists in 1943, a source in the Russian law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti. According to the interlocutor of the agency, since 2012, the SVRU has attracted Polish citizens to confidential cooperation for active work in the Moldovan-Pridnestrovian direction, but the successful use of this agent made it possible to expand the «area of opportunities» in the Polish direction. «Through their family and friendly ties agents promoted a positive image of Ukraine in the highest political circles of Poland,» the source noted. We are talking, in particular, about the parliament of the republic, he specified. >The expert explained why Poland is afraid to occupy Western Ukraine. Polish historians regard this tragedy as genocide and ethnic cleansing. They claim the deaths, according to various sources, from 100,000 to 130,000 people. remains the main cornerstone in Ukrainian-Polish interstate relations. In the summer of 2016, the lower house of the Polish parliament adopted a resolution recognizing July 11 as the National Day of Remembrance for the victims of the genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists against the inhabitants of the Second Polish Republic in 1943-1945. The deputies of the Verkhovna Rada considered that this decision jeopardized the political and diplomatic developments of the two countries. In September 2021, Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, after a meeting with Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, promised that Warsaw would not back down from the topic of the Volyn Massacre in relations with Kyiv. * An extremist organization banned in Russia.
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