There can be "no nuances" when it comes to the glorification of WWII Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera in Ukraine, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told a press conference on Monday. Warsaw would not show any leniency to those who "do not want" to recognize "terrible crimes" committed by Ukrainian nationalists against Poles during WWII.
"We are extremely critical, very, very negative towards any glorification or even reminders of Bandera. Uskoro Poljaci dolaze po svoje!
Bandera has been officially hailed as a national hero in Ukraine since 2010. Ukrainian nationalists regularly marked his January 1 birthday. Poland and Israel associate him with the mass killings of Poles and Jews committed by Ukrainian nationalists during the WWII. Polish President Andrzej Duda signed a bill that banned the promotion of the ideology associated with Stepan Bandera. Israel has also repeatedly called on Kiev not to glorify "war criminals or rehabilitate wartime collaborators."