Examining difficult topics of Polish - Ukrainian relations | War, Bandera, Volyn etc

There are many pain points between Ukraine in Poland from the historical perspective. For example: Volyn, Bandera, Lviv uprising etc. But now both countries are closer and friendlier than never before. So let's try to understand why Poland helps Ukraine so much during the war with Russia.

[jolarocknrolla]

thank you for treating the conversation with such honesty but also delicacy. Very real.

[sherrillwhately]

I love the way you give depth to the history of the entire region. I saw a very graphic Polish movie on this topic called Wolyn or Hatred (2016).

[gap]

I am heartened that Poland and Ukraine are looking forward to a cooperative era. While it is important to come to terms with fractious episodes from the past, to let it devolve into stacking up all the instances of animosity over the centuries benefits only russian interests. Ukraine and Poland are a coalition of the future; it is russia that is stuck in the past. 🇺🇦 🇵🇱 💙 🤍 💛❤️

[OriginalStachuJones]

During centuries Polish, Lithuanian and Ukrainian nation were one.
Together we were stronger and better. That's why we need to remember our past, but never let it foreshadow brighter future we can shape

[geoffreyvanhove]

great really interesting video Orest, but the background music is a bit too loud to be honest, next time please give the dialog top priority

[garymurray]

Interesting conversation, shame it was ruined by the background music? Why why why....

[eddygrunge]

A very informative good natured discussion. "I have no dog in this fight" -> this maybe a direct translation form Polish to English. More or less the equivalent idiomatic translation is "I have no horse at the this race."

[peggycarlton]

This is very interesting and educational to an American. America is such a young country, , compared to Ukraine, Poland and European countries. It is quite eye-opening to an American!!! I enjoy the conversational way Orest uses in his videos very much. He and his wife, Marta, and Orests' Dad are all so personable and very enjoyable!!! Thankyou so much for these videos and for all you are doing for Ukraine!!! Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦!!!

[SyKnife]

What a great conversation. The young people of Poland and Ukraine just want to get on with living peacefully. Yet you all know that you have to acknowledge the pain of the past. This is the first of your videos that I have watched. Thank you🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇱

[taralown]

We have a lot of Ukraine refugees in Canada and man do we love them. They are filling in massive labour gaps in towns that have had vacant positions for 10+ years. Companies in Canada are asking Ukrainians to call their friends and families back home to see if they want to come work for their company too. 🤣 it's quite interesting, but we recognize it's beyond heartbreaking that they've had to come here in the first place because some sociopath invaded their country. And frankly, what role our governments had in this 2022 invasion when they failed to stop Putin in 2014. So it's hard all around, but we love Ukrainians. 😍

[eddygrunge]

Understand and acknowledge the past but be friends now, old battles are best remembered in football matches now. Real contemporary battles with Russia sadly exist and will take a lot of skill and perseverance to resolve to an equitable situation. I wish for a day, when Poland, Ukraine and Russia can all be mutually respecting democratic nations living in peace.

[dasein]

Nice.
But I'd say it's important to add to all of this comversation the importance of the work of Giedroyć and th
"Kultura" paper. Their work helped a lot and paved the way to the recent polish - ukrainin reconcilation.
Anyways I can only say that I hope the ties between us will only get stronger.

[Katahhor]

Unfortunately you didn't mention operation "Vistula". As a Pole, I was flabbergasted when last year I found out what happened in 1947 in my country. We never learned about it in history classes, despite Polish government condemned the Vistula operation in 1990.

[FlipandTheBlueMule]

👋👋 Hi Orest... From the Mountians of western North Carolina USA

[procurepro]

Agree what was said at the end. Young people from Ukraine are strongly helping our economy. As Poles We are eldering nation and we wish more educated young people from Ukraine here.

[kubarycz]

Great topic. Please lower the volume of the background music.

[billavery]

One of my best friends is from Poland, I'm Ukrainian Canadian and we get along great.

[briankeefe]

I'm American so what I think is moot but would be nice if there could be a Polish-Ukrainian commonwealth that would be a dangerous partnership for Russia

[stevencole]

Thank you Orest for this informative interview. I learned a lot as usual. It’s unfortunate that Bohdan Khmelnytsky made a bad choice regarding the Pereiaslav Agreement of 1654.

I moved from New Mexico (same size as Poland) to Oklahoma (same size as Belarus) which is adjacent to Texas (same size as Ukraine). This three state cluster is oddly reminiscent of Poland, Belarus, Ukraine. The right half of the Texas flag is identical to the Polish flag.

I didn’t know how Poles feel about my namesake and personal hero Stepan Bandera. That’s too bad. 😟 I’m sorry to hear this.

Слава Збройним Силам України
Слава Україні. Героям Слава. 🇺🇦

[AVKnecht]

Same with Poles and Germans. We did horrible things to one another but now there aren't even great parents alive that ordered that shit. Working and trading with each other proved to be more beneficial for both of our countries. Somehow the Russians didn't get that message.