Paweł Sadełko

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@MLebduska @honzarapek Korzyść jest taka, że przynajmniej część komentatorów się dowie, kogo Ukraińcy wybrali do czczenia. Nie mają lepszych?

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@StephanAJensen @pl_european The problem is that there are people in Ukraine who are also sipping lattes and living luxurious lives while profiting from this war. Of course, we sympathize with the victims of the conflict, but that does not mean that Ukraine is ready for membership in the European Union.

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@KyivPost To zabawne, że akurat morderców postanowił rząd ukraiński honorować. Nie macie żadnych innych bohaterów?

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@RFI for the contact:

[Marcin Czapliński @czaplinskiii]

To all correspondents trying to understand the Polish-Ukrainian dispute over OUN-UPA symbols: a brief compendium.
This is not an “old Eastern European quarrel.” This is about genocide, unburied victims, and present-day political decisions that cross a moral line.
In 2022, Poles showed what real solidarity means. We opened our homes, cities, schools, train stations, and hearts to millions of Ukrainians fleeing Russian aggression. Many of us, myself included, volunteered to help people escaping war.
We did not do it for a reward. We did not ask for payment, gratitude, or political concessions. We did it out of compassion, decency, and the belief that Ukraine was defending itself against Russian imperialism.
But many Poles believed one thing would now be obvious: that the people and organizations responsible for murdering Polish civilians would not be elevated again as public symbols, military traditions, or objects of state honor.
That is why OUN-UPA symbolism hurts so deeply.
OUN and UPA are not abstract “resistance symbols” to Poles. They are associated with the organized murder of Polish civilians in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia: women, children, the elderly, entire villages, people killed because they were Polish.
The Volhynia massacres were genocide.
For decades, Polish families have asked for something basic: exhumations, graves, crosses, names, and the right to bury their dead with dignity. Not revenge. Not humiliation of Ukraine. Just truth and burial. Only now, very slowly, are the first decisions and works beginning.
So when contemporary Ukrainian leaders honor figures connected with the OUN tradition, or when modern Ukrainian units inherit UPA traditions, Poles do not hear a nuanced lecture about anti-Soviet resistance. They see the symbols of those who murdered their relatives placed back on banners.
This is happening now, after 2022, after Poland helped millions of Ukrainians, after one of the greatest acts of civilian solidarity in modern Europe.
The issue is not that Poles want to weaken Ukraine. We do not equate Ukraine with Russia. We do not deny Ukraine’s right to defend itself. Poland has been one of Ukraine’s strongest supporters, militarily, politically, socially, and morally.
But support for Ukraine against Russian aggression cannot require silence about the murder of Polish civilians. Solidarity cannot mean pretending that symbols associated with ethnic cleansing and genocide are harmless, “complicated,” or merely “historical.”
A democratic Ukraine deserves support precisely because it is not Russia. And because it is not Russia, it should be able to face historical truth, respect the victims, and understand why its neighbors cannot be expected to celebrate those responsible for their suffering.
The essential point is this:
Polish anger over OUN-UPA symbols is not anti-Ukrainian.
It is anti-genocide.
Anti-amnesia.
Pro-truth.
Poland stood with Ukraine when it mattered most. But solidarity cannot mean silence when the symbols of those who murdered our families are placed back on banners.
Spread it out.

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@BBCNews Long but accurate:

[Marcin Czapliński @czaplinskiii]

To all correspondents trying to understand the Polish-Ukrainian dispute over OUN-UPA symbols: a brief compendium.
This is not an “old Eastern European quarrel.” This is about genocide, unburied victims, and present-day political decisions that cross a moral line.
In 2022, Poles showed what real solidarity means. We opened our homes, cities, schools, train stations, and hearts to millions of Ukrainians fleeing Russian aggression. Many of us, myself included, volunteered to help people escaping war.
We did not do it for a reward. We did not ask for payment, gratitude, or political concessions. We did it out of compassion, decency, and the belief that Ukraine was defending itself against Russian imperialism.
But many Poles believed one thing would now be obvious: that the people and organizations responsible for murdering Polish civilians would not be elevated again as public symbols, military traditions, or objects of state honor.
That is why OUN-UPA symbolism hurts so deeply.
OUN and UPA are not abstract “resistance symbols” to Poles. They are associated with the organized murder of Polish civilians in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia: women, children, the elderly, entire villages, people killed because they were Polish.
The Volhynia massacres were genocide.
For decades, Polish families have asked for something basic: exhumations, graves, crosses, names, and the right to bury their dead with dignity. Not revenge. Not humiliation of Ukraine. Just truth and burial. Only now, very slowly, are the first decisions and works beginning.
So when contemporary Ukrainian leaders honor figures connected with the OUN tradition, or when modern Ukrainian units inherit UPA traditions, Poles do not hear a nuanced lecture about anti-Soviet resistance. They see the symbols of those who murdered their relatives placed back on banners.
This is happening now, after 2022, after Poland helped millions of Ukrainians, after one of the greatest acts of civilian solidarity in modern Europe.
The issue is not that Poles want to weaken Ukraine. We do not equate Ukraine with Russia. We do not deny Ukraine’s right to defend itself. Poland has been one of Ukraine’s strongest supporters, militarily, politically, socially, and morally.
But support for Ukraine against Russian aggression cannot require silence about the murder of Polish civilians. Solidarity cannot mean pretending that symbols associated with ethnic cleansing and genocide are harmless, “complicated,” or merely “historical.”
A democratic Ukraine deserves support precisely because it is not Russia. And because it is not Russia, it should be able to face historical truth, respect the victims, and understand why its neighbors cannot be expected to celebrate those responsible for their suffering.
The essential point is this:
Polish anger over OUN-UPA symbols is not anti-Ukrainian.
It is anti-genocide.
Anti-amnesia.
Pro-truth.
Poland stood with Ukraine when it mattered most. But solidarity cannot mean silence when the symbols of those who murdered our families are placed back on banners.
Spread it out.

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@FRANCE24 Long, but true:

[Marcin Czapliński @czaplinskiii]

To all correspondents trying to understand the Polish-Ukrainian dispute over OUN-UPA symbols: a brief compendium.
This is not an “old Eastern European quarrel.” This is about genocide, unburied victims, and present-day political decisions that cross a moral line.
In 2022, Poles showed what real solidarity means. We opened our homes, cities, schools, train stations, and hearts to millions of Ukrainians fleeing Russian aggression. Many of us, myself included, volunteered to help people escaping war.
We did not do it for a reward. We did not ask for payment, gratitude, or political concessions. We did it out of compassion, decency, and the belief that Ukraine was defending itself against Russian imperialism.
But many Poles believed one thing would now be obvious: that the people and organizations responsible for murdering Polish civilians would not be elevated again as public symbols, military traditions, or objects of state honor.
That is why OUN-UPA symbolism hurts so deeply.
OUN and UPA are not abstract “resistance symbols” to Poles. They are associated with the organized murder of Polish civilians in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia: women, children, the elderly, entire villages, people killed because they were Polish.
The Volhynia massacres were genocide.
For decades, Polish families have asked for something basic: exhumations, graves, crosses, names, and the right to bury their dead with dignity. Not revenge. Not humiliation of Ukraine. Just truth and burial. Only now, very slowly, are the first decisions and works beginning.
So when contemporary Ukrainian leaders honor figures connected with the OUN tradition, or when modern Ukrainian units inherit UPA traditions, Poles do not hear a nuanced lecture about anti-Soviet resistance. They see the symbols of those who murdered their relatives placed back on banners.
This is happening now, after 2022, after Poland helped millions of Ukrainians, after one of the greatest acts of civilian solidarity in modern Europe.
The issue is not that Poles want to weaken Ukraine. We do not equate Ukraine with Russia. We do not deny Ukraine’s right to defend itself. Poland has been one of Ukraine’s strongest supporters, militarily, politically, socially, and morally.
But support for Ukraine against Russian aggression cannot require silence about the murder of Polish civilians. Solidarity cannot mean pretending that symbols associated with ethnic cleansing and genocide are harmless, “complicated,” or merely “historical.”
A democratic Ukraine deserves support precisely because it is not Russia. And because it is not Russia, it should be able to face historical truth, respect the victims, and understand why its neighbors cannot be expected to celebrate those responsible for their suffering.
The essential point is this:
Polish anger over OUN-UPA symbols is not anti-Ukrainian.
It is anti-genocide.
Anti-amnesia.
Pro-truth.
Poland stood with Ukraine when it mattered most. But solidarity cannot mean silence when the symbols of those who murdered our families are placed back on banners.
Spread it out.

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@ann_mahss @BBCNews Schrede was and still is Putin’s puppet, but by choosing as heroes people who brutally murdered Poles, Jews, and Ukrainians, Ukrainian governement shown themselves in the worst light. Should someone who committed atrocities like those shown in the picture really be honored?

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@realtek12345 A to jest przedmiot przechodnI? 🥸

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@FRANCE24 @YarlYOMSBORG So, should the murder of Poles, Jews, and Ukrainians be honored, and should the perpetrators be celebrated as heroes?

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@ukr_pycopi3 @synczeslawa abyście się nie zdziwili

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@olgaerenc @twardowicz89 Twardowicz is from Ukraine. He’s not Polish.

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@twardowicz89 @jakubkaldunski @PolPomidor nie podszywaj się pod Polaka Ukaińcu. Tyle.

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@MeitzPL Kiedy to było wiadomo od 3 lat, jak nam niby „donbas” wskazano. Kto się łudził inaczej, ten bardzo naiwny,

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@KMetaKowalski @_gustlik Daj spokój. Gustlik to konto z BND. Nie ma co z tym pomiotem nazistów gadać.

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@BBCWorld Ukrainian nazi supporters should NEVER BE HEROES in independent Ukraine 🤷🏼‍♂️

[Ivan Katchanovski @I_Katchanovski]

Wow! President of Poland Karol Nawrocki strips Zelensky of Order of White Eagle for naming Ukrainian Special Forced unit "Heroes of UPA." UPA perpetrated mass murder of Poles, Jews & Ukrainians. Bandera OUN organized UPA from police during Nazi occupation

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@PogPsych @RMF24pl niemiec 🤷🏼‍♂️

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@ohhanxiety Nazis

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@0ivankaTrump1 no

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@SylwiaKrol7 @KoziolWojciech niedługo może być znana.

[Paweł Sadełko @PSadelko]

@Jerusalem_Post not only Poles.

[Ivan Katchanovski @I_Katchanovski]

Wow! President of Poland Karol Nawrocki strips Zelensky of Order of White Eagle for naming Ukrainian Special Forced unit "Heroes of UPA." UPA perpetrated mass murder of Poles, Jews & Ukrainians. Bandera OUN organized UPA from police during Nazi occupation