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Political commentator Vitaliy Portnykov said that decisions of local self-government bodies regarding historical memory should not affect interstate relations between Ukraine and Poland. He commented this way on the decision of the Lviv Regional Council to declare 2027 the year of Roman Shukhevych and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, which provoked a negative reaction from the Polish side.
According to RBC-Ukraine, Poland supposedly suspended providing Ukraine with a new package of military aid because of this decision. Later that outlet denied that information. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called the position of the Lviv Regional Council counterproductive. At the same time, the Polish side said that the circle around President Volodymyr Zelensky had previously promised not to allow such decisions.
Portnykov emphasized that Warsaw should separate interstate relations from decisions of individual Ukrainian councils.
"If we adjust our relations according to the decision of every regional council, every city council, the names of streets and avenues, both in Poland and in Ukraine, then these are not interstate relations, these are relations in the communal kitchen," he said.
According to the commentator, Poland cannot ignore the issue of historical memory because it is part of its domestic politics and directly affects voters. At the same time, Portnykov believes that Ukraine and Poland should not allow historical disputes to become hostages of bilateral relations and should ultimately "leave history to historians, not parliaments and local councils."
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