We are at war.
This war broke out in the eastern
part of our country because of aggression of Russian Federation. They conduct a campaign in order to capture our territory. Don’t you think that this situation
is not for the first time? Those who
do not know past have no future. That is why I want to write about great Ukrainian political activist and
leader of the Ukrainian nationalist and independence movement Stepan Andriyovych Bandera. At the beginning
of the 20-th century Ukraine suffered from neighbour countries, especially from
Poland and Russia. Young people all over country decided to release our
motherland and Stepan Bandera was one of them. He became a member of the
Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). It was fundamental organization in our independence war. He
served very well, was determined and reliable and very soon became the head
of military branch in OUN. When the
second World War began, OUN split into two factions—the Melnyk faction led by Andriy Melnyk(OUN-M), and the Bandera faction led by S. Bandera, which
supported a revolutionary approach(OUN-B). As you understand, Bandera decided
to start armed combat against Soviet
Russia. He published manifesto on the 30 of June 1941, it was about proclamation of
independence. It means that he declared
war to Soviet Union, and he should prepare
new state for this war. As a result,
on 14-th of October 1942 The Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) appeared.
UPA is the best rebel army in the
world. US military forces consider
theirs operations to be the ideal
example of “David versus Goliath” combat.
Even now, many armies use strategy of UPA. However, after war, Soviets turn all
theirs power against OUN and their army (UPA). However, UPA was very strong at
that time and Russian authority decided
to do what they can do best – to cheat and to be bastards. They killed all
commanders of UPA, and army was without a head. They killed The UPA's
leader, Roman Shukhevych, he
was killed during an ambush near Lviv on March 5, 1950, and after
Shukhevich's death the UPA rapidly lost its fighting capability. Stepan
Bandera changed his living place six times(!) and stopped in Munich, Germany. Even
there by a KGB agent Bohdan
Stashynsky founded him and murdered.
Even now, when Stepan Bandera is dead, people on the East of Ukraine as well as Russia are afraid of him and he is considered as a devil while we, people of the West think that he's a hero. Maybe, during this lasting war we need someone like Bandera to defend ourselves and defeat Russia, so that our enemy will be afraid of us, maybe the lack of leadership prevent us from winning this war.
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