Ukrainians mark 114th birthday of nationalist leader Stepan Bandera, Lviv, Ukraine - 01 Jan 2023
People wearing uniforms of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army hold flags as they mark the 114th birthday of Stepan Bandera near his monument in Lviv, Ukraine, 01 January 2023. Stepan Bandera was born on 01 January 1909 in what was then Galicia and Lodomeria and became a leader of Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and OUN-B. He was responsible for the proclamation of an independent Ukrainian state in Lviv on 30 June 1941, accompanied with the arrival of Nazi Germany troops. KGB agents assassinated him in his Munich, West Germany exile on 15 October 1959.