Soviet bombers over Berlin. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 9Ukrainian nationalists, helping the Nazis to defend Berlin in the spring of 1945, were supposed to burn Soviet tanks from an ambush and kill soldiers of the Red Army, as well as arrange terrorist attacks, this is described in archival documents published by the FSB of Russia. Ukrainian nationalists» * (OUN *) of a certain Nikolai Mucha, the interrogation was conducted by the Soviet military counterintelligence SMERSH at the end of April 1945. A native of Western Ukraine, Mucha said that after the start of World War II, he joined the ranks of the Bandera part of the OUN *, wanting to help her in creating an independent Ukrainian state, and attracted four more people for this. Stepan Bandera headed one of the two factions of the OUN* that arose as a result of the split in the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in the late 1930s. Bandera from the OUN (b) * were at enmity with another faction — the OUN (m) *, which was led by Andrei Melnik. At the same time, both groups sought to enlist the support of the Nazis, and their leaders were agents of the secret services of the Third Reich.The FSB spoke about the help of Ukrainian nationalists to Hitler against the USSR But he was kept in relatively comfortable conditions, and was released in 1944. Mucha said that after the arrest of Bandera, he was forced to go into the forest with other members of the OUN (b) *, and in 1942 he was caught by the Nazis and sent to work in Germany. There, Mucha, according to him, settled in the village of Blumberg, and in 1943 joined the ranks of the OUN * — «Melnikovites», whose center was located in Berlin. Mucha was engaged in recruiting new members to the OUN *. In April 1945, a representative of the Berlin center, a certain Joseph Pekar, came to Mukha, who stated that “The Red Army is on the threshold of Berlin, but we should not panic, but together with the Germans defend Berlin. We have enough forces and means. «According to Mucha, Pekar also told him that, by order of the Berlin center of the OUN *, all its members are considered mobilized to fight the advancing Soviet troops: «everyone must remain in their places, and if the Red Army breaks through , then it is necessary to destroy its communications, burn tanks and kill the officers of the Red Army».Ukrainian nationalists in the 1930s called for cooperation with Hitler. Apparently, the OUN * was very bad with weapons, because for the defense of Berlin they planned to use weapons abandoned by the retreating German units, «as well as weapons obtained by destroying single soldiers of the Red Army «Ukrainian nationalists had to coordinate their actions with the» Volkssturm «- detachments of the people's militia of the Third Reich. engage in battle with large units, Mukha said. According to him, in order to destroy Soviet tanks, it was necessary to use «faustpatrons», which were to be obtained from the «Volkssturm». When meeting directly with the Soviet military, the OUN members * had to «name themselves as taken away by the Germans for hard labor in Germany.» And in case of arrest, it was required «under no circumstances to admit that you are a member of the OUN * and not to extradite others.» about Ukrainian nationalism During interrogation, Mukha himself gave not only the names and surnames of the OUN* members known to him, but also the addresses and signs of some of them. what to do in case of the arrival of the Red Army. «Before leaving, Pekar warned me not to change and said:» If we keep Berlin, then we will win the war. «In addition, he said that he himself also remains in Berlin in order to commit sabotage and terrorist acts against the Red Army,» — Mukha said.* An extremist organization banned in Russia.
