“In connection with this case, the police identified and detained two men – residents of Przemysl, aged 21 and 23,” she said.
According to Kovalik, the case materials have already been transferred to the district prosecutor's office.
On October 27, Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland Vasyl Bodnar reported at least the fifth case in 2025 of public desecration of the Ukrainian flag at the consulate in Przemysl.
According to him, there was a wave of anti-Ukrainian hate on social networks.
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On May 1, in Poland, the police began an investigation into the torn down of the Ukrainian flag from the city council building in Bila Podlaska. The incident occurred during a rally by pro-Russian presidential candidate and member of the European Parliament Grzegorz Braun, RMF FM wrote.
In June, Polish police were looking for an unknown person who was tearing down Ukrainian flags from houses in Krakow, Krakow police spokesman Piotr Spech told Ukrinform.
