Roman Shukhevych
Roman Shukhevych was a Ukrainian military and political leader who commanded the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) from 1943 to 1950. He headed the main leadership of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and was a prominent figure in the Ukrainian nationalist liberation movement of the mid-twentieth century. He was killed in 1950 during a Soviet security operation in Lviv. He is commemorated in Ukraine as a leading figure of the national resistance, though his legacy remains contested.
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Poland imposes five-year Schengen entry ban on Lviv regional council deputy Sheremeta
Poland has banned Svyatoslav Sheremeta, a deputy of the Lviv Oblast Council and director of the memorial-search centre "Dolya", from entering and staying in the Schengen Area for five years, until 20 October 2031. Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński announced the ban on 21 October, on a request filed by Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski. The move follows a 20 October vote by the Lviv Oblast Council, initiated by Sheremeta, to declare 2027 the year of Roman Shukhevych, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), and Oleh Olzhych.
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Lviv Regional Council Declares 2027 'Year of UPA, Shukhevych and Olzhych,' Sparking Polish Outcry
On 20 October the Lviv Oblast Council voted to designate 2027 as a year honouring the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), its commander Roman Shukhevych and poet Oleh Olzhych. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski sharply criticised the move, with Sikorski signing a motion to add the initiative's author, Sviatoslav Sheremeta, to Poland's list of undesirable persons. Ukraine's Foreign Ministry called the decision counterproductive and stressed it was a regional act taken without consulting central authorities.