Ukrainian National Committee

The Ukrainian National Committee (Ukrainian: Український Національний Комітет, romanized: Ukrainskyi Natsionalnyi Komitet [ʊkrɐˈjinʲsʲkɪj nɐts⁽ʲ⁾ioˈnɑlʲnɪj komiˈtɛt]) was a Ukrainian political structure created in October 1944 and officially recognised by the Nazi authorities under the leadership of Pavlo Shandruk, on March 17 (or March 12), 1945 in Weimar, Nazi Germany, nearly two months before the German Instrument of Surrender, with the intention to release Ukrainian Nazi-sponsored military units from the German command. After a series of negotiations, the authorities of the Third Reich officially acknowledged their recognition of the committee as the sole representative of Ukraine and Ukrainian nation, with the extraterritorial rights and the right to command the Ukrainian National Army under Ukrainian flag and national symbols.

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