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March In Memory Of Massacres Of Poles In Volhynia
People hold banners and Polish flags while attending 'Volhynia March' commemorating Polish victims of Ukrainian genocide commited in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia during the Second World War. Krakow, Poland on July 5th, 2026. The massacres of Poles were carried out in German-occupied Poland from 1943 to 1945 by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, or the UPA, with the support of parts of the local Ukrainian population. Most of the victims were women and children. The UPA's actions resulted in between 50,000 and 100,000 deaths. Recently, Polish President Karol Nawrocki stripped Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle because Zelenskyy named a Ukrainian military unit 'Heroes of the UPA'. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto)
