Vasyl Bodnar
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Poland to Transfer Two MiG-29 Fighters to Ukraine in New €50 Million Aid Package
Poland has decided to transfer two Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in the near future as part of a new military aid package valued at approximately €50 million. One aircraft remains airworthy, while the other has exhausted its service life and may be used for spare parts. The package is also expected to include artillery ammunition, F-16 gun ammunition and Piorun surface-to-air missiles.
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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.
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Ukrainian expedition finds remains of more than 40 people at 1944 mass-killing site in Polish village of Lasków
A Ukrainian expedition has completed search work in the village of Lasków in Poland's Lublin Voivodeship, where preliminary estimates indicate the remains of more than 40 people, including women, children and men, were found in group and individual burials. The work was commissioned by the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance (UINR) and carried out from 2 to 16 October. Further exhumation studies are planned for spring 2027 to determine the age, sex and cause of death of those buried.
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Ukrainian citizen attacks Benedictine monastery in Poland, killing at least one priest
A 31-year-old Ukrainian citizen carried out a knife attack on the morning of 24 September at a Benedictine sisters' monastery in Jarosław, in southeastern Poland, killing at least one priest and injuring five other people. The attacker was detained at the scene. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk both responded, with Zelensky calling it a "horrible crime" and Tusk pledging full enforcement of Polish law.