Defense of Kopanki

Defense of Kopanki
	Part of the Massacres of the Poles in the Volhynia and Galicia during the Polish–Ukrainian ethnic conflict in the World War II
Date	11–20 April 1944
Location	Kopanki, Kałusz County, Stanisławów Voivodeship
Result	Ukrainian victory
Belligerents
Home Army ; Kingdom of Hungary	Ukrainian Insurgent Army ; Kusch Units of the Ukrainian Self–Defense
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Volodymyr Vereschynskyi
Units involved
Unknown	Western Operational Group 3rd Operational Group “Lysonia” 17th Tactical District “Berezhany” Company “Haydamaky”; ; ;
Strength
262 men[citation needed][better source needed]	56 men[citation needed][better source needed]
Casualties and losses
70–80 killed ; 2 captured[citation needed][better source needed]	1 killed [citation needed][better source needed]
	16 Ukrainian civilians were murdered

The Defense of Kopanki (Polish: Obrona Kopanków, Ukrainian: Оборона Копанків; 11–20 April 1944) was fought between the Home Army and Kingdom of Hungary against the Company “Haydamaky” of the 17th Tactical District “Berezhany” in the 3rd Operational Group “Lysonia” of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and Kusch Units of the Ukrainian Self–Defense under the command of Volodymyr Vereschynskyi in the Kałusz County of the Stanisławów Voivodeship.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Повідомлення про антиукраїнські акції польських збройних формувань у селі Копанки" (in Ukrainian). 3 July 2018.
^ УПА в світлі документів з боротьби за Українську Самостійну Соборну Державу 1942—1950 рр. Т. 2 (Бойові дії УПА) (in Ukrainian). 1960.