[Salon] Poland may want Canada to extradite Ukrainian Nazi veteran Yaroslav Hunka - The Washington Post

[Todd Pierce <todd.e.pierce@icloud.com>]

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/27/poland-ukrainian-nazi-veteran-canada-extradition/

Polish official wants Canada to extradite Ukrainian veteran of Nazi unit

Ellen Francis

Yaroslav Hunka sits in the House of Commons in Ottawa ahead of an address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sept. 22. (Patrick Doyle/AP)

A Polish government minister has said he would seek a potential extradition of Yaroslav Hunka from Canada after the 98-year-old Ukrainian veteran, who is accused of fighting in a Nazi unit during World War II, was applauded in the Canadian Parliament.

The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons, Anthony Rota, faced backlash for inviting Hunka to the parliamentary session, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave an address last week. Rota called Hunka “a Ukrainian hero” and “a Canadian hero” during the session, prompting a standing ovation from the crowd.

“In view of the scandalous events in the Canadian Parliament, which involved honoring, in the presence of President Zelensky, a member of the criminal Nazi SS Galizien formation, I have taken steps towards the possible extradition of this man to Poland,” Polish Education Minister Przemysław Czarnek said Tuesday.