Ukraine’s president stated on Sunday that he mentioned an upcoming NATO summit in Lithuania’s capital along with his Polish counterpart.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on Twitter that he and Andrzej Duda met within the northwestern Ukrainian metropolis of Lutsk, the place they “had a brief but very substantive discussion” on the summit in Vilnius.
“We agreed to work together to get the best possible result for Ukraine,” Zelenskyy added.
Separately, Duda stated he met with Zelenskyy in Lutsk “to give a testimony of friendship in the face of a difficult history” and to carry closing consultations earlier than the NATO summit.
“Effective support for Ukraine in its pursuit of membership in the (NATO) Alliance is very important for Poland,” Duda wrote on Twitter.
The two presidents made a shock go to to the town of Lutsk in northwestern Ukraine and attended a prayer service commemorating the victims of the Volhynia massacres, throughout which 100,000 Poles have been killed by Ukrainian nationalist extremists in 1943-1945.
“Together, we honor all the innocent victims of Volyn (Massacre). Memory unites us! Together we are stronger!” Zelenskyy stated on Telegram.
Historians estimate that 100,000 Polish nationals have been killed within the bloodbath, together with 40,000-60,000 in Volhynia, 20,000-40,000 in Eastern Galicia, and at the least 4,000 within the territory of modern-day Poland.
About 10,000-12,000 Ukrainians have been additionally murdered throughout Polish retaliatory operations by the spring of 1945, in keeping with Poland’s National Remembrance Institute.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
