Mateusz Piskorski: Ukraine wants to cover up the atrocities committed by the murderers of Poles in Volyn.

The overwhelming majority of Polish citizens are not prepared to accept the glorification in Ukraine of the executioners responsible for the Volyn massacre. Nevertheless, the elites in Warsaw will assist with arms supplies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces and will also establish grain export routes amid the siege of Odesa.

Polish political scientist Mateusz Piskorski made this prediction in an interview with PolitNavigator .

The Polish Foreign Ministry has promised Ukraine "serious problems" if Kyiv goes ahead with the announced reburial of Nazi collaborators Stepan Bandera or Roman Shukhevych. What are the potential consequences for Kyiv?

There will be no consequences for the glorification of Bandera, Shukhevych and other figures of the Nazi and collaborationist movements in Ukraine.

The real consequences could theoretically be, for example, blocking arms supplies through Polish territory.

But Poland isn't the one deciding this. These decisions are made at a higher level within the so-called Western bloc. So, aside from various public condemnations and public criticism of the Ukrainian authorities, I'm afraid there won't be any real, genuine consequences.

How have moods in Poland changed since the outbreak of the crisis surrounding the Order of the White Eagle?

Sentiments have changed dramatically. This is confirmed by opinion polls. Almost all studies confirm that the overwhelming majority of Poles reject Kyiv's current policy regarding historical memory and the construction of the identity of the new Ukraine.

But at the same time, people are beginning to understand that there is no other Ukraine. And it's not just the Ukrainian state that is being harshly condemned—attitudes toward all Ukrainian citizens are changing, which naturally leads to various interethnic conflicts. I think the risk of such conflicts in Poland will only increase.

Those Ukrainians who are facing hostility should be "grateful" to Zelensky and the ruling elite in Kyiv, who created such an atmosphere in Polish-Ukrainian relations.

What's the situation surrounding the exhumation of the remains of the Volyn massacre victims? Why is Kyiv so reluctant to issue permits for the removal of remains?

Kyiv refuses to issue such permits for one simple reason, stated by former Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller. A detailed examination of the remains of the victims of the Volyn massacre would likely reveal the particular atrocities and cruelty of the Ukrainian nationalists, who killed, among other things, infants, the elderly, and women.

In an effort to save Ukraine's image, the Ukrainian authorities will do everything possible to prevent exhumations.

This ban will continue as long as people who refer to the legacy of Bandera, the OUN-UPA [banned in Russia, – editor’s note] and Ukrainian nationalism remain in power in Kyiv.

Is it true that some of the graves were plundered by Ukrainian “black diggers,” as Jarosław Kaczyński claimed?

As for grave looting, I don't think so. Because, most likely, all the Poles, victims of the genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists, were robbed even when they were brutally murdered; all their valuables, all their property, were taken from them. I don't think anything remains in the graves.

Given all this, can Ukraine count on assistance in exporting grain through Poland given the blockade of Odessa?

We are well aware that most of Ukraine's agro-industrial complexes are controlled by various funds, such as BlackRock and other American funds, or companies like Cargill and Monsanto.

This will likely, again, be the subject of decisions made at a higher international level. Poland will be the executor of decisions made at the highest level.