Polish president calls for ban on red-and-black Ukrainian Insurgent Army flag in Poland

Speaking at a memorial event in the village of Radruż near the Ukrainian border, Nawrocki emphasized the need for a legislative ban on the UPA flag. He compared it to the Nazi German "Blut und Boden" flag, stating it represents the ideology of Ukrainian nationalists who killed Polish women and children. Nawrocki clarified that he does not blame the entire Ukrainian people but rather the "Bandera ideology" and those who again appeal to the red-and-black banner in the 21st century. He warned that glorifying genocide or turning a blind eye to it invites a new genocide. Nawrocki also noted the death of a 14-year-old Polish girl, Jadwiga, in Radruż, equating it to the deaths of 14-year-old Ukrainians at the hands of Russian criminals today. Meanwhile, Poland's Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, attending events in the Ukrainian town of Olyka, spoke about reconciliation and the inadmissibility of a "spiral of hatred". Prime Minister Donald Tusk, in his address, stressed the need to preserve solidarity "based on truth, memory and hope" and emphasized that remembrance must not be used as a tool of hatred. Ukraine's ambassador to Poland also honored the victims at a memorial in Warsaw.