Ukraine allowed the exhumation of Polish soldiers in Lviv
The former village of Zboisk, now the Shevchenko district of Lviv (Photo: Wikipedia)

Ukraine has granted Poland permission to conduct exhumation work on Polish servicemen who died in 1939 in Lviv. This was reported by the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications.

Polish soldiers are buried in the territory of the former village of Zboisk (or Zboishcha), which is now located within the borders of Lviv.

"The Ukrainian side declares its readiness to continue search and exhumation work within the framework of the activities of the Ukrainian-Polish working group on historical issues," the Ministry of Culture said.

The first step in this process was the successful conduct of exhumation works in the territory of the former village of Puzhnyky, Ternopil region.

In turn, the Polish side has granted Ukraine permission to conduct search and exhumation works in the village of Yurechkova (Poland). The Ministry of Culture expects to begin such works soon.

"We are convinced that a common memory and steps towards each other will unite our peoples in the name of our common European future," the Ministry of Culture said.

The village of Yurechkova, also Yurkova, is a village in Boyko Oblast, located two kilometers from the border with Ukraine. The village, previously inhabited mainly by Ukrainians, was the site of ethnic cleansing in 1947.

  • On January 11, the Polish Ministry of Culture reported that Ukraine and Poland had transferred to each other lists of places where it is planned to search and exhume the remains of "victims of mutual historical conflicts."
  • On January 13, it became known that Ukraine had granted permission to exhume the remains of Polish victims of the Volyn tragedy in the Ternopil region.
  • On April 24, work began on the exhumation of the remains of Polish victims of the Volyn tragedy, which was completed in early May.