"Glory to the UPA": Monument to the Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Vandalized

In Warsaw, two World War II monuments were vandalized — the Monument to the Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto and the Monument to the Soldiers of the First Polish Army. Both were spray-painted with the phrase "Glory to the UPA" in red paint. Police are investigating the incidents. The Ukrainian Embassy called the act a Russian provocation.

In Warsaw, two monuments commemorating World War II events were vandalized: the Monument to the Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto and the Monument to the Soldiers of the First Polish Army. Both were defaced with the inscription "Glory to the UPA" in red paint. Warsaw police confirmed they are investigating the incidents. The Jewish Historical Institute in Poland condemned the act of vandalism, calling it a "shameful attack on the memory of Holocaust victims." The Ukrainian Embassy in Poland described the incident as a "Russian provocation" aimed at undermining relations between Ukrainians and Poles. It is noted that similar acts of vandalism have been recorded at 11 monuments in four cities across Poland. The article also explains that the UPA — the Ukrainian Insurgent Army — operated in the 1940s, and its connection to the persecution of Jews remains a subject of scholarly debate.