Politics

A hero in Kyiv, a criminal in Warsaw: Why history is dividing Poland and Ukraine

Jan Darasz
 21.06.2026, 10:05
Memories do not fade. March in Kraków in 2024 commemorating the massacres and condemning the OUN, UPA and their leader Stepan Bandera. Photo: Getty Images
Memories do not fade. March in Kraków in 2024 commemorating the massacres and condemning the OUN, UPA and their leader Stepan Bandera. Photo: Getty Images

The two countries remain divided by fundamentally different interpretations of 20th-century history.