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When the Ukrainian [[parliament]] declared independence from the [[U.S.S.R.]] in 1991, among its first acts was to terminate the state of war which the OUN had declared against the Soviet Union since its earliest days.<ref>Pavel Sudaplatov, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080209185844/http://users.cyberone.com.au/myers/sudoplat.html Special tasks]'', 1994, page 430.</ref>  The founding parties of the new independent Ukrainian state received funding from the OUN.<ref>http://thesaker.is/ukraine-was-right-why-russia-is-the-biggest-threat-in-the-world/</ref>

When the Ukrainian [[parliament]] declared independence from the [[U.S.S.R.]] in 1991, among its first acts was to terminate the state of war which the OUN had declared against the Soviet Union since its earliest days.<ref>Pavel Sudaplatov, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080209185844/http://users.cyberone.com.au/myers/sudoplat.html Special tasks]'', 1994, page 430.</ref>  The founding parties of the new independent Ukrainian state received funding from the OUN.<ref>http://thesaker.is/ukraine-was-right-why-russia-is-the-biggest-threat-in-the-world/</ref>

The OUNb reorganized itself within Ukraine as the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists (KUN) and registered as a political party in January 1993.<ref> [http://www.da-ta.com.ua/mon_mainnews/815.htm Конгресс Українських Націоналістів], Database DATA</ref>. Until her death in 2003, KUN was headed by Slava Stetsko, widow of Yaroslav Stetsko. According to Ukrainian nationalist scholar Taraz Kuzio, in 1945, Yaroslav Stetsko was still asking [[Hitler]] for armies to continue the fight on the Eastern front against the [[Allied Powers of World War II]].<ref>https://www.opednews.com/articles/Russian-Hacking-the-Electi-by-George-Eliason-Coup_Euromaidan_Russian-Influence_Ukraine-161219-878.html</ref> OUN's leaders living abroad did not want to openly enter Ukrainian politics, and attempted to imbue this party with a democratic, moderate facade.<ref>Andrew Wilson. (1997). ''Ukrainian Nationalism in the 1990s: a Minority Faith. Cambridge University Press.</ref>  On March 9, 2010 the OUN rejected calls to unite "all of the national patriotic forces" led the [[Yulia Tymoshenko]] bloc against [[President Viktor Yanukovych]]. OUN demanded that Yanukovych reject the call for annulling the Hero of Ukraine status given to Stepan Bandera.<ref>[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/61306/ OUN rejects Tymoshenko's calls to form united opposition], Kyiv Post (March 9, 2010)</ref>

The OUNb reorganized itself within Ukraine as the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists (KUN) and registered as a political party in January 1993.<ref> [http://www.da-ta.com.ua/mon_mainnews/815.htm Конгресс Українських Націоналістів], Database DATA</ref>. Until her death in 2003, KUN was headed by Slava Stetsko, widow of Yaroslav Stetsko. According to Ukrainian nationalist scholar Taraz Kuzio, in 1945, Yaroslav Stetsko was still asking [[Hitler]] for armies to continue the fight on the Eastern front against the [[Allied Powers of World War II]].<ref>https://www.opednews.com/articles/Russian-Hacking-the-Electi-by-George-Eliason-Coup_Euromaidan_Russian-Influence_Ukraine-161219-878.html</ref>  

 

OUN's leaders living abroad, including in the [[United States]], did not want to openly enter Ukrainian politics, and attempted to imbue this party with a democratic, moderate facade.<ref>Andrew Wilson. (1997). ''Ukrainian Nationalism in the 1990s: a Minority Faith. Cambridge University Press.</ref>  On March 9, 2010 the OUN rejected calls to unite "all of the national patriotic forces" led the [[Yulia Tymoshenko]] bloc against [[President Viktor Yanukovych]]. OUN demanded that Yanukovych reject the call for annulling the Hero of Ukraine status given to Stepan Bandera.<ref>[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/61306/ OUN rejects Tymoshenko's calls to form united opposition], Kyiv Post (March 9, 2010)</ref>

[[File:UPA massacre.jpg|250px|left|thumb|The UPA was formed out of the OUN.<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/39873146/The_OUN_the_UPA_and_the_Nazi_Genocide_in_Ukraine The OUN, the UPA, and the Nazi Genocide in Ukraine / Collaboration in Eastern Europe during World War II and the Holocaust], Ivan Katchanovski, 2019.</ref>  It's flag was the red and black "Blood and Soil" flag. OUN remains passionately anti-Russian. Euromaidanpress.com, which [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]]er Andrea Chalupa works with, defends the [[genocide]] committed by the OUN/UPA.<ref>http://euromaidanpress.com/2018/12/27/history-of-oun-upa-the-bandera-controversy-that-eclipsed-200000-people-who-fought-for-the-independence-of-ukraine/</ref>]]

[[File:UPA massacre.jpg|250px|left|thumb|The UPA was formed out of the OUN.<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/39873146/The_OUN_the_UPA_and_the_Nazi_Genocide_in_Ukraine The OUN, the UPA, and the Nazi Genocide in Ukraine / Collaboration in Eastern Europe during World War II and the Holocaust], Ivan Katchanovski, 2019.</ref>  It's flag was the red and black "Blood and Soil" flag. OUN remains passionately anti-Russian. Euromaidanpress.com, which [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]]er Andrea Chalupa works with, defends the [[genocide]] committed by the OUN/UPA.<ref>http://euromaidanpress.com/2018/12/27/history-of-oun-upa-the-bandera-controversy-that-eclipsed-200000-people-who-fought-for-the-independence-of-ukraine/</ref>]]