Zelensky announces opening of Ukrainian archives on Volhynia massacres

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on 17 July that Ukraine will open the archives of the Security Service (SBU) and Foreign Intelligence Service relating to what he called "tragic 20th-century events in Volhynia." He also pledged to increase the number of permits for searches and exhumations of victims. The move is significant for Polish-Ukrainian relations and historical memory of the Volhynia massacres.

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