Jastrzębski: Ukrainian water pic – photomontage

Ukrainian water pic – photomontage

The Ukrainian side reported that it wanted to open the archives of services concerning the “Volyn crime” and let exhumations in Ukraine. In my childhood, it was popular to specify a situation that is expected to look serious, but in fact it is meaningless – drinking water, photomontage. And that is precisely what I think we are dealing with.

My opposition is already being raised by the Ukrainian side talking about the “Volyn crime”. Did the historical land in the advanced Bug basin commit any kind of crime? Is this expected to propose that all the people in this area have committed equivalent crimes? Let us say that it is about Ukrainian murders – frequently with peculiar cruelty – on Polish, Russian, Czech, Hungarian, Armenian, etc. After all, we are talking about German crimes committed in Poles in Wielkopolska, not “Wielkopolskia crimes”.

New beginning with Poland?

Leader of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski announced a fresh beginning with Poland. This happened after a conference on Ukrainian policy towards Poland. I want it to be much little confrontational. The head of his cabinet attended the gathering concerning Poland Kyryla BudanovHead of the Ministry of abroad Affairs of Ukraine Andrij Sybiha, and manager of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory and Flag Defender Alexander Alfiorov. Many publicists see in this Kiev's stretched hand towards Warsaw. I don't think so.

Polish-Ukrainian relations since the intensifying of war in Ukraine in 2022 were never as bad as they are today. Polish society in its majority has had adequate of Kiev's arrogant historical policy, which heroizes criminals from the CNS and UPA. Many Poles were upset by the insolent behaviour of the Ukrainian leader and his surroundings towards the Polish president Karol Nawrocki. The society is heavy tired of continuously subsidising the Ukrainian budget. It is unbearable for a large part of the nation to see the Ukrainians in Poland. This fatigue seems natural given the comparatively long period of increased military conflict between Russia and Ukraine supported by many NATO states.

Assumption of the Ukrainian side

Poland's government has acted centrally and locally so far in accordance with the rule of a spokesperson for the Ministry of abroad Affairs in the Law and Justice Government Luke Jasina i.e. being “a servant of the Ukrainian people, his requests.” However, those who no uncertainty proceed to support the Atlantic and pro-Ukrainian political orientation must have the voice of the public. The election is coming. The average Kowalski is truly sick of treating the well-being of Ukraine as a mention point for Polish matters. Today, the gag of 2023 seems completely out of date: “When a writer asks a fashion designer what is most desirable in Poland this season? This answers: Ukrainian activists and politicians on their hands".

Ukrainian authorities did not sense the temper of the Polish street. The authorities in Kiev realized that giving the military unit the name “UPA heroes” or sending a courier to the president of Poland Karol Nawrocki The Order of the White Eagle will origin a deterioration of relations with Poland. In the darkest dream, however, they did not anticipate specified a extremist change. This attitude of Ukrainian authorities caused that the celebrations devoted to Poles murdered by Ukrainians this year were held throughout the country and reached the smallest towns. Only Polish victims were no longer worshipped, but besides the unacceptable historical policy of Ukraine in Poland was opposed.

A grey Polish citizen is sick of noisy activists like Natalia Panchenko and pro-Ukrainian lobbyists of a kind Paul the Blacksmith. Poles are sick of those who openly defend flagism, effort to relativize Ukrainian crimes or attack on social media people organizing celebrations dedicated to Poles murdered by Ukrainians from 1939 to 1947. The number of crimes committed by Ukrainian citizens is increasing enough. The average Pole sees gross ingratitude for the tremendous amount of assistance given to Ukraine from 2022 to 2026.

Ukraine's hard situation

The situation of Ukraine is not easy at the moment, and the fact in writing is very difficult. Which, of course, does not mean that this Russian is enviable. due to the fact that the long-term war besides struck the authorities in Russia. But it's on the streets Kiev, Vineyards, Lutsk, Odessa, LvivAnd besides another cities came out crowds protesting Volodymyr Zelenski's appeal against the erstwhile Minister of Defence Mychayl Fedorova. There are unmarked military buses in Ukrainian cities, from which soldiers abruptly pop up and kidnap young men. Ukrainians are detained on the street and forced to join the army. As a result, many men avoid leaving home, even in order to execute regular activities specified as work, shopping, or visiting their parents. Another 501 bodies have just been sent to Kiev, which according to the Russian side belong to the fallen Ukrainian military. Portals and newspapers are describing fresh corrupt scandals. Kiev learns that another European Union countries no longer want to participate in the financing of the war waged with the Russian Federation.

In Poland, parties in the general public's Ukrainian-sceptical consciousness are increasing as the Confederate Sławomir Mentzen and Krzysztof Bosak and Crown Grzegorz Brun. To this period the highly Ukrainian Law and Justice for tactical reasons changes against its leader Jarosław Kaczyński a communication on Kiev policy. The evidence of popularity is hard on Ukraine. Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik and was Prime Minister Leszek Miller. The presidential camp is profoundly appalled by the inclusion on the Ukrainian-related safety letter Myrotorec, referred to as the “list of enemies of Ukraine” of the head of the Chancellery of the president of Poland Zbigniew Bogucki. The most visible is simply a change in social media, where even many Ukrainian supporters have changed their minds on this issue. Ukrainian authorities were forced to change rhetoric towards our country.

Exhumation Myth

Prime Minister Donald Tusk He said: "I welcome with satisfaction and hope the words and decisions of Volodymyr Zelenski concerning the relation between our countries, which must be based on common respect and truth." Nothing different is happening. I accurately predicted the behaviour of Ukrainian authorities in my texts “Polish Thoughts” two, or even 3 years ago [it includes the lyrics ‘Myth of Exhumation’ and ‘The Fun of Cat and Mouse’]. What we're watching is simply a inexpensive motion for the public.

The story of exhumation is not only needed by Ukraine, but besides by the ruling supporters of proukrain politics in Poland, so that they can solicit the public with the supposedly real possibilities of burying Poles. After this triumphant announcement, she passed rather quietly the information that the Ukrainian ambassador Vasily Bodnar stated that Ukraine had applied to the Polish IPN to carry out search and exhumation work in Poland, including in Łaskow close Sahryn. It's about a place where the troops National Army and Boys' Battalions In the spring of 1944, they retaliated for unimaginably cruel flag crimes.

The IPN, asked by PAP about requests from the Ukrainian side, reported that last year the Ukrainian side sent letters concerning 3 localities in connection with the planned search in Sahryn, Lask and Przemysl. Karol Starowicz from the IPN, he said: “As an Institute, we provided procedural support in the case of Łaskow, while for the another 2 towns we asked for additional proposals. So far no fresh papers or additions have been received on this matter."

We heard loudly about the possibilities of exhumation in Ukraine, and quietly information about the exhumation which will take place in Poland was released. specified a strategy of reciprocity is unacceptable. It is the same as agreeing to bury victims of German genocide, in exchange for agreeing to bury, for example, the SS-mans. I'm not here to bury any remains. I am against symmetry on this. If the exhumation failed to be carried out in peacetime, does anyone truly believe that this can be done reasonably during the war?

Archive beginning myth

A fewer days ago, Russian agency TASS and Russia present presented declassified papers of Russian FSB on Ukrainian criminal Klaczewski Dmitry It's called Klyma Sawur. First, the media in Poland, citing the message of the Ukrainian government's Center for Combating Disinformation (CPD), reported that Russia wanted to print any fakes in order to argue Warsaw with Kiev. After publication, it was announced that papers are not fresh and have no fundamental significance.

In my opinion, the Ukrainian side is afraid that the Russians may uncover many papers in their archives concerning Ukrainian crimes in Poles. Ukrainians fear that this would importantly change not only the perception of Ukraine, but besides Russia by Poles. For this reason they announced unspoiled access to their archives for Polish historians.

I have large doubts about 3 natures. First of all, I do not believe in this access due to the fact that the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war is an excellent pratext to deny access to interesting papers for safety reasons.

Secondly, I believe that the Polish Institute of National Memory is simply a tool in the hands of politicians for creating moods in Poland. I remember precisely the abominations of decommunating issues involving questioning the heroism of soldiers and officers fighting the flagmen or questioning the rightness. Operation Vistula. If it was done in the conditions of the Polish IPN, then even more in the current unfavourable war circumstances most likely the Ukrainian IPN does so.

Thirdly, in the past on tv "Still" an outstanding historian from the Faculty of Humanities at Koszalin University of Technology, who deals with Polish-Ukrainian issues Prof. Czesław Partacz has revealed that archive papers on the Ukrainian issue were destroyed already in the 1990s. The prof. revealed that at that time the archivist of Ukrainian origin destroyed specified papers in the Katowice branch of the Central Commission for the Investigation of Hitler's Crimes in Poland. If specified things happened in Poland, it is in my opinion that it is highly likely that besides in Ukraine.

The story of Reconciliation

At present, I believe that there is no anticipation of genuine reconciliation between Poland and Ukraine. Today's Ukrainian state inactive denies the genocide committed in the Polish and not only Polish people. He fakes past by talking about any common conflict, civilian war, russian inspiration, and brings together victims on both sides. The fresh beginning in Polish-Ukrainian relations should be preceded by an account of conscience, confession of wines and repair of damage.

Poland should anticipate the authorities in Ukraine to condemn the flagism, the illegalization of neo-Bander organizations, the liquidation of monuments and names of celebrated criminals and collaborators of the 3rd Reich in Ukraine. Poles should anticipate to build a monument and museum of Polish victims of Ukrainian chauvinism in Kiev and Lviv. besides request commitment to future real compensation for descendants murdered by Ukrainians. I don't think all this can be done under war conditions. So the water pic – photomontage.

Łukasz Jastrzeżski