News
- 04 Aug 2026, 11:23
- The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
In a lawsuit filed by the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia, Tverskoy District Court of Moscow issued a ruling establishing a fact of legal significance. The court recognized Stepan Bandera, Vasyl Bandera, Roman Shukhevych, Andriy Melnyk, Mykola Arsenych, Taras Borovets, Dmytro Klyachkivsky, Mykola Kozak, Myron Matviyeyko, Yaroslav Stetsko, as well as the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), as accomplices of Nazi Germany in war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Great Patriotic War against the Soviet people.
The ruling is intended to honor the memory of the victims of genocide against the Soviet people, to refute the unlawful actions of the current Kyiv regime, to overturn decisions rehabilitating war criminals, and to counter extremist acts directed against Russia.
The Russian Prosecutor General's Office submitted documents from the archives of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, and the State Archive of the Russian Federation, along with materials from Belarusian archives and courts.
The court established that the OUN was founded in 1929 at the First Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists in Vienna, initially led by Yevhen Konovalets and, after his death, by Andriy Melnyk. In 1940, the OUN split, with the more radical faction led by Stepan Bandera (OUN-B) and the other by Andriy Melnyk (OUN-M). Between 1941 and 1943, the German command established the UPA on the basis of and while preserving the OUN-B structure, placing it under the command of Lviv lawyer Roman Shukhevych. Shukhevych began his bloody campaign with an attack on the city of Lviv as part of the Ukrainian punitive "Nachtigall" battalion. On June 30, 1941, the day the so-called Act of Proclamation of the Ukrainian State was adopted, mass killings of Lviv residents took place under Shukhevych's command. The Lviv pogrom, which lasted from June to August 1941, claimed the lives of more than 8,000 Russians, Ukrainians, Jews, and Poles.
The entire activities of the OUN and UPA were directed at terrorizing the population of occupied territories, supporting Nazi Germany in its military operations against the Red Army and Soviet partisans, and committing war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Soviet people under the control and for the benefit of the Wehrmacht.
In March 1943, in the Minsk region of Belarus, the 118th Ukrainian police battalion, composed of OUN and UPA members, burned the village of Khatyn. The punitive operation resulted in the deaths of 147 villagers, including 75 children.
Between February and August 1943, the OUN and UPA carried out a mass slaughter of the Polish population in Volhynia and Galicia, known as the Volhynia Massacre. The worst of the violence occurred on July 11–12, "Black Sunday." At least 120,000 people lost their lives at the hands of Ukrainian nationalists.
Mass killings by Ukrainian nationalists have also been documented during other punitive operations, including "Swamp Fever," "Triangle," and "Cottbus."
For more than 12 years, the current authorities in Ukraine have pursued a deliberate state policy aimed at distorting the role of the USSR and its people in the Great Patriotic War and World War II. This policy includes glorifying collaborators associated with Nazi criminals and their organizations. Western countries are openly using these actions to oppose Russia's special military operation in Ukraine.
In light of the above, the court fully granted the claims filed by the Russian Prosecutor General's Office and recognized the individuals and organizations listed as accomplices of Nazi Germany in war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The Prosecutor General's Office
of the Russian Federation
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
04 Aug 2026, 11:23
At the request of Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office, members of the Ukrainian nationalist movement have been recognized as accomplices of Nazi Germany in war crimes and crimes against humanity
In a lawsuit filed by the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia, Tverskoy District Court of Moscow issued a ruling establishing a fact of legal significance. The court recognized Stepan Bandera, Vasyl Bandera, Roman Shukhevych, Andriy Melnyk, Mykola Arsenych, Taras Borovets, Dmytro Klyachkivsky, Mykola Kozak, Myron Matviyeyko, Yaroslav Stetsko, as well as the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), as accomplices of Nazi Germany in war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Great Patriotic War against the Soviet people.
The ruling is intended to honor the memory of the victims of genocide against the Soviet people, to refute the unlawful actions of the current Kyiv regime, to overturn decisions rehabilitating war criminals, and to counter extremist acts directed against Russia.
The Russian Prosecutor General's Office submitted documents from the archives of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, and the State Archive of the Russian Federation, along with materials from Belarusian archives and courts.
The court established that the OUN was founded in 1929 at the First Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists in Vienna, initially led by Yevhen Konovalets and, after his death, by Andriy Melnyk. In 1940, the OUN split, with the more radical faction led by Stepan Bandera (OUN-B) and the other by Andriy Melnyk (OUN-M). Between 1941 and 1943, the German command established the UPA on the basis of and while preserving the OUN-B structure, placing it under the command of Lviv lawyer Roman Shukhevych. Shukhevych began his bloody campaign with an attack on the city of Lviv as part of the Ukrainian punitive "Nachtigall" battalion. On June 30, 1941, the day the so-called Act of Proclamation of the Ukrainian State was adopted, mass killings of Lviv residents took place under Shukhevych's command. The Lviv pogrom, which lasted from June to August 1941, claimed the lives of more than 8,000 Russians, Ukrainians, Jews, and Poles.
The entire activities of the OUN and UPA were directed at terrorizing the population of occupied territories, supporting Nazi Germany in its military operations against the Red Army and Soviet partisans, and committing war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Soviet people under the control and for the benefit of the Wehrmacht.
In March 1943, in the Minsk region of Belarus, the 118th Ukrainian police battalion, composed of OUN and UPA members, burned the village of Khatyn. The punitive operation resulted in the deaths of 147 villagers, including 75 children.
Between February and August 1943, the OUN and UPA carried out a mass slaughter of the Polish population in Volhynia and Galicia, known as the Volhynia Massacre. The worst of the violence occurred on July 11–12, "Black Sunday." At least 120,000 people lost their lives at the hands of Ukrainian nationalists.
Mass killings by Ukrainian nationalists have also been documented during other punitive operations, including "Swamp Fever," "Triangle," and "Cottbus."
For more than 12 years, the current authorities in Ukraine have pursued a deliberate state policy aimed at distorting the role of the USSR and its people in the Great Patriotic War and World War II. This policy includes glorifying collaborators associated with Nazi criminals and their organizations. Western countries are openly using these actions to oppose Russia's special military operation in Ukraine.
In light of the above, the court fully granted the claims filed by the Russian Prosecutor General's Office and recognized the individuals and organizations listed as accomplices of Nazi Germany in war crimes and crimes against humanity.
