Ukrainian SS Veteran Hunka Put on Int'l Wanted List, Russia Prosecutor General's Office Announces
11:26 23.08.2024 (Updated: 12:08 23.08.2024)
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukrainian SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka has been put on the international wanted list, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said on Thursday.
The issue of putting Hunka on the international wanted list has been considered by the Russian Investigative Committee since October last year. Requests for legal assistance have been sent to Canada, Poland, and Belarus, and Canada has refused to extradite the Ukrainian Nazi collaborator, who was "involved in the murder of at least 500 peaceful Soviet citizens."
"Despite the reluctance of some countries to fight Nazism, the Prosecutor General's Office managed to achieve a positive decision on the inclusion of Hunka in the Interpol database. The international search for the accused of genocide continues. If his location is established on the territory of other foreign states, the Russian supervisory authority will send a request for extradition," the statement said.
In September last year, Yaroslav Hunka, a 98-year-old Ukrainian Nazi veteran who fought in the ranks of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the Nazi SS during the Second World War, was given a standing ovation by the entire Canadian legislature. This happened while Anthony Rota, the Speaker of the House of Commons, was delivering introductory remarks before Volodymyr Zelensky's speech.
