In Lviv region, Ukrainian-Polish search operations completed, signs of burials found
Kyiv • UNN
In Lviv region, from June 8 to June 18, Ukrainian-Polish search operations took place, signs of burials were found. Exhumation studies are needed to clarify the data.
In the Lviv region, Ukrainian-Polish search operations, which lasted from June 8 to 18 in Huta Pieniacka, have been completed; signs of burials were found, and exhumations are needed to clarify the data, the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory reported, writes UNN.
Details
"In the period from June 8 to 18, 2026, on the territory of the former village of Huta Pieniacka (now within the boundaries of the Pidkamin settlement territorial community of Zolochiv district, Lviv region), the Limited Liability Company 'Specialized Institution 'Volyn Antiquities' with the participation of Polish specialists – employees of the Institute of National Remembrance of the Republic of Poland – conducted research aimed at searching for the remains of the village's residents who tragically died in February 1944," the statement said.
The search operations, as noted, are being carried out in fulfillment of the agreements reached as a result of the activities of the Ukrainian-Polish Working Group on National Memory.
Based on the results of the work, signs of burial sites were found. Exhumation research is necessary to determine the number of people whose remains are present in these burial sites, as well as to establish the circumstances of their death
Also, during the search research, as stated, "remains of structures were found, including probable remains of a glassworks workshop, a church, and a school."