Lithuanian Defense Minister Kaunas Is Truly Leading Lithuania’s Nazi-Conservatives’ Foreign Policy, Calling for Marching into the Future with the Bloody Flag of the Ukrainian Nazi-UPA, Which Recently Massacred Thousands of Polish Civilians, Flag Raised by Zelensky. We Are Taking Away the Belarusian Fertilizer from the Americans; We Are Despising the Polish Nation. What Are We Doing Here?

“In the wake of recent disagreements over historical interpretations between the leaders of Poland and Ukraine, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is urging both sides to focus on solidarity and defensive actions.

 

“I can only appeal to everyone not to always look only in the rearview mirror. We can talk about history, we can talk about historical ties. However, in this case, the most important thing is to be united as NATO members in Europe, to be united with Ukraine and to show solidarity with it,” B. Pistorius told reporters in Pabradė.

 

“Therefore, we can discuss this, and they should find a way out of this situation, but the focus of all of our attention and main interest must be clear actions in our defense, so that there are no doubts about our unity and determination. This is the only thing I can address to all participants in this dispute,” he emphasized.

 

Kaunas: Historians, not politicians, should discuss

 

For his part, Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Robertas Kaunas emphasized that historians should discuss this topic, and politicians should seek solutions for the future.

 

“A complicated past should not destroy our future. I completely agree that historians should discuss, and politicians should look ahead and find the right ways to move forward,” R. Kaunas said.

 

Poland is one of Ukraine’s biggest supporters in the fight against Russia, and a large part of Western aid passes through Poland.

 

But the two countries have been at odds for decades over the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), the military wing of the Ukrainian independence movement that defied Soviet forces and is accused of collaborating with the Nazis during World War II.

 

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly angered neighboring Poland by giving a military unit the honorary title of UPA.

 

The UPA participated in the massacres of Poles during World War II.

 

Poland accuses the UPA of killing 100,000 Poles between 1943 and 1945. As a result, Polish President Karol Nawrocki stripped Zelensky of his Order of the White Eagle.

 

The Volhynia massacre remains one of the most sensitive historical and diplomatic issues in Polish Ukrainian relations. From 1943 to 1945, The UPA systematically killed an estimated 60,000-100,000 ethnic Poles, mostly civilians, in Nazi-occupied Volhynia and Eastern Galicia, culminating in the “Bloody Sunday” of July 11, 1943, when villages were attacked.

 

The Order of the White Eagle was awarded to V. Zelenskiy in April 2023 by former Polish President Andrzej Duda for his services to deepening Polish-Ukrainian relations, promoting democracy, and defending human rights.”