Kuty (Kąty) defence
| Kuty Defense | |||||||
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| Part of Polish–Ukrainian ethnic conflict | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Polish Self–Defense Home Army |
Ukrainian Insurgent Army OUN | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Edward Wawrzykowski Stanisław Jasiński |
Ivan Klymyshin Mykola Nedwezhki | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | More than the Poles | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| 53 Polish civilians killed | |||||||
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Kuty (Kąty) defence was a skirmish between Polish self-defense units and Ukrainian Insurgent Army unit under commander Ivan Klymshyn (nom de guerre "Crow") and Andriy Melnyk's supporters in the village of Kuty (Polish Kąty) located in Volhynia, Krzemieniec (Kremenets) county, Shumsk commune 3 or 4 May 1943. During the fight no less than 53 Poles were killed, although the assault was repelled by self-defense forces. After the battle Poles abandoned the village, and escorted by Germans went to Shumsk and later to Kremenets.