A 17‑year‑old Ukrainian was arrested by Poland’s Internal Security Agency for hanging UPA flags and promoting Nazi ideology on buildings and monuments across several Polish cities. The National Prosecutor’s Office is overseeing the case.
ABW Arrests 17‑Year‑Old Ukrainian
On Wednesday, August 13, Jacek Dobrzyński posted on X that agents of the Internal Security Agency (ABW), along with Lower Silesian police officers and officials from the Central Office for Combating Cybercrime (CIO), detained a 17‑year‑old Ukrainian. Investigations reveal that the youth had placed UPA banners and slogans advocating Nazi ideology on buildings and monuments in Wrocław, Warsaw, and the village of Domostaw. The teenager had also defaced a monument dedicated to the the Volhynian massacre by painting a UPA flag and the inscription “Glory UPA” in Ukrainian. Current procedural actions involve the 17‑year‑old, with the entire case supervised by the National Prosecutor’s Office.
Tusk: Anti‑Polish Gestures by Ukrainians in Poland are a Putin Plot
“The conclusion of the war in Ukraine is approaching, so Russia is doing everything to pit Kyiv against Warsaw,” Premier Donald Tusk wrote on social media the day before. “Anti‑Polish gestures by Ukrainians and stirring anti‑Ukrainian sentiments in Poland is a scenario orchestrated by Putin, carried out by foreign agents and local fools,” he added. Recent controversies also involved footage from the Saturday concert of Belarusian rapper Maks Korż. One fan waved the red‑black flag—used during the Volhynian genocide by UPA and OUN‑B members. Sixty‑three people were charged with leaving Poland, including 57 Ukrainians and six Belarusians.
