The announcement was made by Polish historian Maciej Dancewicz, the deputy head of the Freedom and Democracy foundation. The organization identified the excavation site two years ago and has finally received permission from Ukrainian authorities to exhume the remains and conduct further studies.

Exhumation of the remains of Polish victims of the Volyn tragedy, buried in the former village of Puzhnyky in Ternopil Oblast, has been set to begin in April. [The Volyn (Volhynia) tragedy was a series of events that led to the ethnic cleansing of the Polish and Ukrainian populations in 1943 during World War II.

"I would like to thank the ministers of culture of Poland and Ukraine for their good cooperation. We are waiting for further decisions," Donald Tusk wrote in a post on X.

Ukraine and Poland have reached agreements on search and exhumation work as regards Polish <a target=_blank href=

The massacre of around 100,000 Polish civilians by a Ukrainian paramilitary force had long soured diplomatic relations between the otherwise close allies. #EuropeNews

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that a decision has been made to conduct the first exhumations of the victims of the Volyn tragedy, calling it a breakthrough. [The Volyn (Volhynia) tragedy was a series of events that led to the ethnic cleansing of the Polish and Ukrainian populations in 1943 during World War II.

Andrii Sybiha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, has praised the agreement between Kyiv and Warsaw on the exhumation of the victims of the Volyn tragedy. [The Volyn (Volhynia) tragedy was a series of events that led to the ethnic cleansing of the Polish and Ukrainian populations in 1943 during World War II.