Sahryń massacre

The Sahryń massacre was a massacre of Ukrainian combatants and civilians by members of the Polish Home Army on 10 March 1944, committed as a reprisal to similar, though en masse, attacks carried out on Polish villagers by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

The exact total death toll of Ukrainians killed in Sahryń is unknown, but estimates vary from 234 to over 600,[3][4][5][6] of which between 150 and 300 were confirmed civilians.

The conflict "continued throughout June 1944, resulting in considerable bloodshed and the destruction of dozens of Polish and Ukrainian villages".

[8] Sahryń was the site of the initial thrust of the AK counter-offensive against UPA, under the command of Lieutenant Zenon Jachymek,[9] due to Ukrainian self-defence stationing there.

[10] At dawn on 10 March 1944 the AK unit from Division Hrubieszow attacked the fortified village.