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He called Polish authorities' reaction tothe shelling "a condition ofpowerless senility."

On Wednesday, unidentified attackers shelled the Polish Consulate General inLutsk using a grenade launcher; no one was hurt inthe incident, butthe consulate building was damaged, according tothe diplomatic mission.

Commenting onthe matter, Pietka recalled that onMarch 16, an array ofleading Ukrainian nationalist organizations such asFreedom, the Convention ofUkrainian Nationalists and the Right Sector adopted a so-called National Manifesto.

In particular, the document stipulates the ouster ofcurrent Ukrainian authorities, that Ukraine must have access tonuclear weapons, and the creation ofthe Baltic-Black Sea Union.

"This was ignored bysenior Polish officials, who immediately call all the negative incidents, especially those inWestern Ukraine, Russian provocations," Pietka said.

"I would call these officials' reaction tothe threatening incident inLutsk a condition akin toimpotent senility," he added.

"These people do not want topay attention tothe anti-Polish nature ofUkrainian nationalism and chauvinism, which developed and gained strength afterthe Maidan coup inUkraine. They do not see the processes going ina very dangerous direction because Kiev does not control the political situation not only inWestern Ukraine, butelsewhere inthe country," according to Pietka.

Sputnik/ Alexey Vitvitsky

In this vein, he referred toa recent spate ofincidents acrossUkraine, including the one inKiev, where a Polish military cemetery was desecrated.Another incident saw an attack onthe Polish Embassy, where a huge portrait of Bandera was installed.

"Regrettably, both Polish authorities and the opposition, including the former Solidarity labor union], prefer toignore the danger emanating fromgrowing Ukrainian nationalism. They refuse tounderstand the fact that Ukrainian nationalists are absolutely irrelevant partners forpolitical cooperation," Pietka pointed out.

Sputnik/ Grigoriy Vasilenko

A man carrying a picture of Stepan Bandera during a torchlight procession of Ukrainian nationalists in downtown Kiev. File photo

Earlier, the Polish Press Agency reported that representatives fromPoland's Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) consider the Ukrainian parliament's recognition ofthe Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) asfighters forindependence a "slap inthe face" tothe people ofPoland and toits President.

The Ukrainian Insurgent Army is being glorified, and a law has been passed recognizing the special role played bythe UPA inUkrainian history." Based onthe law, "anyone who asserts the fact that the UPA is a criminal organization involved inthe genocide [of Poles] can be punished; this is a disgrace. It is a slap inthe face tothe Polish people and President Komorowski," SLD deputy Tomasz Kalita stated.

Sputnik/ Alexey Vitvitsky

Polish historians blame the killing ofbetween 100,000 and 130,000 Polish civilians and 5,000-10,000 Ukrainian civilians inVolhynia and Eastern Galicia onthe UPA, claims which Ukrainian historians have downplayed or denied outright.

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