Overview
- The video posted by Grzegorz Braun on Sept. 10 shows him and a party member using a hammer to chip away engraved names on a granite obelisk that marks a 1946 burial site in Białystok.
- Ukraine's Foreign Ministry called the act "shameful and immoral" and urged Polish officials to investigate the legality of the damage and to restore the memorial.
- Polish police have opened searches and an investigation into the latest vandalism at a site that has been attacked repeatedly, including spray‑painting and physical damage earlier in 2026.
- Braun leads the ultranationalist Confederation of the Polish Crown and has framed the obelisk as an insult to Polish victims of wartime violence, with his party polling near 8 percent ahead of next year's elections.
- The episode revives a wider dispute over how the Ukrainian Insurgent Army is remembered in Poland and Ukraine and could strain bilateral ties if authorities do not prosecute or repair the site.