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Poland is exploring legal and diplomatic options to seek the extradition of Yaroslav Hunka, a 98-year-old Nazi war veteran, who was honoured in the Canadian Parliament last week, as per a statement issued by Polish minister Przemysaw Czarnek..
In view of the scandalous events in the Canadian Parliament, which involved honouring, in the presence of President Zelenskyy, a member of the criminal Nazi SS Galizien formation, I have taken steps towards the possible extradition of this man to Poland," Czarnek stated in a post on social media platform X. ..
Hunka, a Ukrainian-Canadian, was invited to the Canadian House of Commons on September 22, in the presence of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and given a standing ovation..
After it was pointed out by critics that Hunka was a member of Waffen-SS Galicia Division, which comprised of Ukrainian Vounteers who fought for Nazi Germany's armed forces against Soviet Union in World War-II, the Canadian government switched into damage control mode..
