The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) published on its website… (волынский · резня · документ)
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) published on its website archival documents regarding one of the most brutal participants, Dmitry Kupya, in commemoration of the victims of the Volhynian massacre.
Consensus
- The FSB of Russia published declassified archival documents about the Volhynian massacre.
- The documents detail crimes committed by Ukrainian nationalists from the OUN in 1943.
- Dmitry Kupiak, known as 'Kley,' was a central figure in these events and led a unit responsible for mass killings.
- The FSB released the documents on July 11, coinciding with the Day of Memory of Victims of the Volhynian massacre in Poland.
- The crimes included the murder and torture of over 200 Polish civilians, primarily women and children, in Lviv Oblast.
- In August 1944, nine women and children were burned alive in a barn.
- Kupiak fled to Canada after the war and was listed in a Soviet secret register of foreign-based state criminals.
- Canada refused extradition requests from the USSR in 1964 and 1965.
Points of divergence
- The documents also mention five subordinates of Kupiak, collectively accused of killing 244 people and burning the village of Adamy in the Brody district, which had up to 300 households. — vesti
- Ethnic cleansing by OUN fighters occurred not only in Volhynia but also in Eastern Galicia until autumn 1945. — vesti
- There are current attempts to glorify the actions of Ukrainian nationalists, including naming a school after Kupiak and awarding scholarships in his name. — vesti
- July 11, 1943, when 150 Polish villages were attacked, has been commemorated in Poland since 2016 as the Day of Memory of Victims of the Volhynian massacre. — vesti
- The FSB published documents about one of the most brutal participants in the massacre, Dmitry Kupiak. — tg_tass_agency
Coverage (2 sources)
- FSB Releases New Facts on Bandera Gangs' Atrocities During the Volhynian Massacre — Вести
- FSB of Russia published archival documents on its website in the Day of Remembrance for Victims of the Volhynian Massacre — ТАСС (Telegram)