Dossier
Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
Coverage of Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in the Nexus archive.
- The dying nationalist fantasy of an ethnically pure Ukraine
The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and their militant wing, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), are described as the founding fathers of post-Maidan Ukraine despite their historical role in committing genocide against ethnic Poles and others to establish an ethnically pure state. Ukrainian nationalists have since 2014 positioned these groups as central to their resistance against Russia.
- Zelensky's rehabilitation of controversial figures in Ukrainian nationalism sparks anger in Israel and Poland
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attended the reburial of Andriy Melnyk, a former head of a branch of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), at the National Military Cemetery near Kyiv. The event has sparked anger in Israel and Poland.