KYIV. June 21 (Interfax) - On June 20 the Polish Senate passed a statement regarding the 70th anniversary of the Volhynia tragedy, which said that these events were "ethnic cleansing with signs of genocide," Radio Svoboda radio station reported.

According to Radio Svoboda, the statement "On the 70th Anniversary of the Volhynia Crime" says that the attack of the Ukrainian insurgent army (UPA) on February 9, 1943 on the Volhynia village of Parosl "began a rough action of physical execution of Poles, which was held by [Stepan] Bandera's faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and UPA."

The document says that around 100,000 Poles fell victims of the UPA's anti-Polish rally.

At the same time, the statement says that Poland and Ukraine did a lot to overcome the difficult past after the Communism fell. "Poles want reconciliation and friendship with Ukrainians