Ukrainian deputies are concerned about the adoption by the Polish Senate of a new law on the Institute of National Remembrance, which foresees, in particular, punishment for "crimes of Ukrainian nationalists."

"By politicizing the story, Polish politicians are crossing the red lines in good-neighborly relations with Ukraine, Lithuania, Germany and are harming their own interests, additionally strengthening tension on the Warsaw-Tel-Aviv and Warsaw-Brussels line," the head of the Ukrainian parliament's committee for foreign affairs, independent MP Hanna Hopko, wrote on her Facebook page on Thursday.

In her opinion, Poland "from a locomotive and a model of democracy" in Central-Eastern Europe "slides down to the chauvinistic dictatorship of politics over historical truth, selectively choosing sensitive pages of history."

At the same time, Hopko thanked Polish deputies who did not support this law.

The head of the parliamentary committee for culture and spirituality, People's Front MP Mykola Kniazhytsky, in turn, expressed regret that in such a way, in his opinion, Poland "justifies fascism."

"I am very sorry that our friend Poland, criminalizing the studies of the ephemeral 'Ukrainian' collaboration with Hitler and the mention of the crimes of the Poles during the Second World War, not only against the Ukrainians, but also against the Jews, further isolates itself both in the EU and in international politics, in fact justifying fascism. We should do everything to support sober voices in Poland that hold back its final transformation into a marginal pro-Russian puppet," Kniazhytsky wrote on Facebook.

As reported, the Senate of Poland adopted early on Thursday without any amendments the law on the Institute of National Remembrance, which foresees, in particular, punishment for "crimes of Ukrainian nationalists."

A report posted on Polskie Radio's website on February 1 notes that the Senate supported amendments to the law on the Institute of National Remembrance, which impose fines or imprisonment for up to three years for "sharing responsibility before the Polish people or the state, including for crimes committed by the Third Reich."

The bill was supported by 57 senators, mainly from the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) Party, 23 voted against the document, and two abstained.

The law will come into force after signing by Polish President Andrzej Duda.

On January 31, three commissions of the Polish Senate supported the bill.

On January 26, the package of bills passed by the Polish Sejm, which provides for changes to the law on the Institute of National Remembrance, was passed at third reading. Among them there was a bill banning "Bandera ideology" in Poland.

The document concerns the definition of crimes of Ukrainian nationalists and Ukrainian organizations cooperating with the Third Reich, as well as the possibility of launching, in accordance with Article 55 of the law on the Institute of National Remembrance, criminal proceedings against persons who deny these crimes.

There is a fine or imprisonment for up to three years for the denial of "Bandera supporters' crimes."