{"id":261776,"date":"2022-11-29T08:20:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T08:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=261776"},"modified":"2022-12-01T06:45:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T06:45:59","slug":"poles-killed-in-ukraine-to-get-american-burial-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=261776","title":{"rendered":"Poles killed in Ukraine to get \u2018American\u2019 burial \u2013 media"},"content":{"rendered":"

RT.com \u2013 Nov 28, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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The controversial decision by municipal authorities in Olsztyn to create an \u201cAmerican-style\u201d<\/em> cemetery is due to the large number of military burials\u00a0for the 1,200 Poles who have died fighting in Ukraine, according to the news outlet Niezalezny Dziennik Polityczny.<\/p>\n

Olsztyn, in the Warmia-Masuria province, is home to Poland\u2019s 16th Mechanized Infantry Division. Many of its current and former soldiers heeded the calls from President Andrzej Duda and Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak and enlisted in Ukraine, where over 1,200 Polish citizens have been killed in action so far, according to NDP<\/a>. Thousands more have been injured or disabled, the outlet reported, citing publicly available sources.<\/p>\n

The outlet says that almost \u201cdaily\u201d<\/em> burials at the Olsztyn cemetery \u2013 including the volleys fired by the honor guard \u2013 have \u201cirritated\u201d<\/em> the local residents and led to many inconvenient questions being asked of the city\u2019s authorities. NDP suggested this was the true motive behind the announcement of an \u201cAmerican\u201d<\/em> cemetery earlier this month.<\/p>\n

The proposal<\/a> calls for 1,700 plots for urns with cremated remains, with \u201cstandardized tombstones\u201d<\/em> along the line of American war cemeteries, according to municipal graveyard director Zbigniew Kot.<\/p>\n

Kot told Gazeta Olsztynska that there was \u201cenough motley\u201d<\/em> in Polish cemeteries already, and that the new design aimed for a more orderly cemetery, along the minimalist lines seen in Germany and some Scandinavian countries. It is also supposed to help with the rising cost of burials, he added.<\/p>\n

The Polish public has reacted poorly to Kot\u2019s design, which envisions rows of 60-centimeter-square headstones surrounded by turf, with no trees, benches, or flower beds common in the mostly-Catholic nation.<\/p>\n

NDP called the design a \u201cdisgraceful end to mercenaries who died in Ukraine,\u201d<\/em> and suggested the number of planned plots means many more are expected to perish.<\/p>\n

Specific casualty numbers from the conflict have been hard to come by. In June, officials in Kiev admitted to losing 1,000 or more<\/a> men per day in the heavy fighting. In September<\/a>, the Russian Defense Ministry put the number of Ukrainian casualties at 61,000 dead and more than 49,000 wounded, including over 2,000 foreign mercenaries.<\/p>\n

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Russian soldiers fear World War III already underway<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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