Kuty (Kąty) defence was a skirmish between Polish self-defense units and Ukrainian Insurgent Army unit under commander Ivan Klymshyn (nom de guerre "Crow") and Andriy Melnyk's supporters in the village of Kuty (Polish Kąty) located in Volhynia, Krzemieniec (Kremenets) county, Shumsk commune 3 or 4 May 1943. In April, the Ukrainian insurgents decided to liquidate the village for the Polish population's collaboration with the Gestapo.
Kuty (Kąty) defence was a skirmish between Polish self-defense units and Ukrainian Insurgent Army unit under commander Ivan Klymshyn (nom de guerre "Crow") and Andriy Melnyk's supporters in the village of Kuty (Polish Kąty) located in Volhynia, Krzemieniec (Kremenets) county, Shumsk commune 3 or 4 May 1943. In April, the Ukrainian insurgents decided to liquidate the village for the Polish population's collaboration with the Gestapo.
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