A commission has approved the collection of genetic material (DNA) samples from remains buried in the former Ostrówka village, with interment dates spanning from 1992 to 2015, according to an institute’s recent post. Recent archaeological efforts have continued across the region. A comprehensive search conducted in Huta Pieniacka village earlier this year concluded in July, during which investigators documented 25 distinct locations.
Separately, a search was executed in Ostrówka in March, resulting in the recovery of one skeleton, though no mass grave site was identified during that specific operation. In the course of broader exhumations, remains belonging to 55 individuals were found across two former Polish villages: Ostrówka and Wola Ostrowiecka, both located in western Ukraine. These ongoing investigations are situated against the backdrop of documented ethnic cleansing that occurred between 1943 and 1945.
During this period, members of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and associated nationalist groups targeted Polish communities residing in the regions of Volhynia and Eastern Galicia. The current scientific and historical work aims to uncover and document the extent of these past events through systematic excavation and analysis in these villages.
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