The following statement was released by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress on April 28. April 28, 2017, marks the 70th anniversary of the beginning of Operation Vistula (Akcja Wisla), the forcible deportation by the Soviet-backed Polish government of Ukrainians from their ancestral lands in what is today eastern Poland. Ukrainians living in the Lemko, Boyko, Nadsiannia, … Continue reading UCC statement on Akcja Wisla