KiciorFirst, there are no actual proofs that high command of UPA ever ordered to start a massacre. Neither there are official ideology that supports mass murder in OUN ideology. There are some info that Dmytro Klyachkivsky (roughly colonel) ordered that, still nothing that I'll call 100% proof. But there are proofs that Klyachkivsky went against orders and created partisan squads earlier than it was planned by general strategy
The thing I have problem with is that Austrians don't have monuments of Hitler, Germans don't have monuments of Himmler, Serbs don't have monumentsof Karadžić but apparently Ukrainians see nothing wrong in Bandera's monument
Sorry, but comparing Bandera to Hitler is too much and, in fact, insulting
No international court called Bandera a criminal, unlike the names you listed.
In no way Bandera could participate in 1943 events because he was in German concentration camp during that period. He was a terrorist (or, from another point of view: freedom fighter) but he never did anything that would qualify for the crimes against humanity
or commemoration of 14. SS-Freiwilligen Division "Galizien"
While SS is a criminal organization , but 14th division is a field division. They weren't SS members, they were under SS command. No proofs of it's participation in any massacres. After the war many of division members got Canadian citizenship, thing rather impossible for Nazi Criminals
They bravely and honestly fought for my country in a way they found right, while they made a mistake (BTW OUN was officially against volunteering to the division) they deserve a good memory no less than Ukrainians that fought for Soviets.
It is rather sad when pretending that nothing has happened is percieved as a good way to get rid of problems.
It is rather sad that this method might actually work. You see... Your logic is faulty here .
1) In a same way I may say that Polish AK are criminals because some units participated in killing Ukrainian civilian populace and anyone who calls them heroes wants to kill innocent Ukrainians. That's absurd
2) You are mixing "Organization as a whole are heroes" and "every member of an organization is a hero." UPA had scum in it's ranks. Why they were accepted? It's a luxury to not use any pair of hands that can take a rifle during the war. I am sure that any guerrilla army has same problem
And ordinary person can make war crimes in some situations, like coming in home village and seeing it burned or even "minor" stuff like Ukrainian\Polish Schutzmannschaft executed his relatives.
3) Flags among protesters don't mean : "Hey, let's go kill some Poles like UPA did"
Flags among protesters mean : "Like UPA we will not give up. If needed, we will fight for our freedom. "