Leśkiewicz told the Polish Press Agency that IPN has begun securing the required administrative approvals.
Work, to be financed by Kyiv, could start no earlier than the autumn once logistical details are agreed. Poland’s culture ministry confirmed IPN had issued a preliminary green light pending final permits, adding that Polish experts will take part in the digs.
Ukrainian foreign-ministry spokesman Heorhiy Tykhyi dismissed “false reports” that exhumations had been frozen, saying preparatory steps were under way on both sides of the border.
He also told reporters in Kyiv that Ukraine and Poland have made significant progress on politically sensitive historical issues.
Tykhyi said Kyiv wants a “mutually beneficial, pragmatic and effective” relationship with Warsaw and noted that President Volodymyr Zelensky had promptly congratulated Poland’s president-elect Karol Nawrocki after his election victory.
“We expect Warsaw’s support for Ukraine to remain unchanged. A strong, secure Ukraine is in Poland’s vital interest,” he added.
In May, the remains of at least 42 individuals have been unearthed during exhumation work in the village of Puźniki in western Ukraine.
Puźniki was the site of a 1945 massacre in which Ukrainian nationalists killed between 50 and 120 ethnic Poles, according to historical estimates.
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Source: PAP