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> | 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> |