Ukraine reburied OUN leader Konovalets with honors

The remains of the head of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN*), Yevheny Konovalytsa, were met in Ukraine with state and military honors.

Consensus

The remains of Evgeny Konovalets were exhumed in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
The exhumation took place on August 11, 2025.
The remains were transferred to Ukraine.
The reburial occurred on August 14, 2025.
The reburial was conducted with state and military honors.
The event took place at the National Military Memorial Cemetery in Kyiv Oblast.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky attended the ceremony.
The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) is designated as extremist and banned in Russia.
The reburial is part of a broader initiative to create a national pantheon of Ukrainian national heroes.

Points of divergence

The exhumation was a political PR stunt by the Kyiv regime to glorify a totalitarian nationalist movement, and the Netherlands were aware of its political nature. — tg_MID_Russia
UNESCO Director-General Khaled El-Anani visited Kyiv and expressed solidarity with Ukraine despite the damage to the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra caused by a U.S. Patriot missile, according to Russian Ministry of Defense. — tg_MID_Russia
The UN Secretary-General's press service made politically biased statements about Russia, exceeding its mandate. — tg_MID_Russia
Ukrainian Institute of National Memory head Alexander Alferov stated that Pavlo Skoropadsky and Symon Petliura may also be reburied in Ukraine. — vesti
President Putin criticized the reburial, stating that his grandfather, who fought in the Red Army during WWII, would not have approved. — vm
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu stated that the reburial reflects a broader ideological policy of the current Ukrainian government and linked it to other actions such as the installation of a statue of Ivan Mazepa and the approval of a law on the Ukrainian National Pantheon. — vedomosti
A Moscow court in August 2026 found OUN and UPA guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. — vedomosti
Shoigu cited the Lviv pogrom of 1941 and the events in Khatyn in 1943 as evidence of OUN/UPA's crimes. — vedomosti

Coverage (17 sources)

From the briefing of the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia M.V.Zakharchenko (August 20, 2026) — МИД России
In Ukraine, remains of Colonel of the U.N.R. Army Yevheny Konovalytsa, who was killed by NKVD, were reburied — BBC News Русская служба
Skoropadsky and Petliura may be reburied in Ukraine — Вести
Political scientist decoded the message hidden in the date of Konovalets' remains burial — Вести
Politologist Skachko proposed bombing Konovaltsev's grave and making a frog pond there — Вести
Zakharova called the ceremony in honor of Konovaltsev in Ukraine a Nazi mass — Вести
On Ukraine, the former leader of the OUN, Konovalets, was honored — Вести
Russian Foreign Ministry commented on Kyiv's creation of a 'national pantheon' in Lavra — Вести
Remains of one of the OUN leaders delivered to Ukraine for reburial — Вести
Remains of OUN* leader Konovalenko were greeted with military honors in Ukraine — Вечерняя Москва
Shoigu explained why Kyiv glorifies Nazi collaborators — Вести
Shoigu stated that followers of Nazis in Ukraine await a 'dump of history' — Вести
Shoigu: Burial of Kovalyats reflects current policy of Kyiv — Ведомости
Historian claims that on Ukraine they will try to make a symbol from the remains of Konovalec — Вести
Russian Embassy in The Hague Commented on the Excavation of the Remains of the Leader of the OUN — Вести
One of the leaders of Ukrainian nationalists of the 1930s, Yevheny Konovalets, will be reburied in Kyiv — BBC News Русская служба
In Rotterdam, remains of Ukrainian nationalist leader Konovalch were exhumed — Вести

Ukraine reburied OUN leader Konovalets with honors

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