Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Ukraine

Polish, Ukrainian Presidents Visit Massacre Site

Polish President Kaczynski (left) greeting Ukrainian President Yushchenko in Warsaw on May 12 (epa)

May 13, 2006 -- The presidents of Poland and Ukraine today laid wreaths at a memorial to Ukrainian civilians murdered by Poles near the end of World War II.

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May 13, 2006

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his Polish counterpart, Lech Kaczynski, visited the site in the southeastern town of Pawlokoma as a gesture of reconciliation between the two neighbors.

Polish soldiers killed 366 civilians in Pawlokoma in March 1945 in revenge for the murder of 10 Poles by Ukrainians.

(AP)

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