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Researchers are working at an Orthodox cemetery in Lasków under a Ukrainian-Polish agreement on dignified burials.
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A search for burial sites of Ukrainians killed or missing during World War II began on October 6 at the Orthodox cemetery in Lasków, in Poland’s Lublin province, the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory said, according to Novynarnia.
The institute is supporting the expedition, with searches carried out by the Lviv municipal enterprise Dolia. The work follows agreements reached by a Ukrainian-Polish working group on dignified burials. Poland granted permission on August 31, 2026.
Researchers aim to locate the graves of civilians killed in an attack by units of the Polish Home Army and Peasant Battalions in March 1944. Novynarnia cited historical accounts putting the death toll from the March 10 mass killing at more than 300. Ukrainian and Polish historians and experts have established information about 327 residents killed in 1944; some researchers estimate roughly 350 victims.
The institute said further historical research and searches could refine the final death toll. Novynarnia’s report did not give search results or report the discovery of remains.