Battle near Radekhov

Battle near Radekhov — the operation of UPA soldiers to liberate political prisoners from the concentration camp in Radekhov, where clashes with NKVD units took place.

Battle near Radekhov
Part of Battles of UPA
Date April 26 1945 — April 28 1945 Location Near the city of Radehiv Result victory of the UPA, defeat of the USSR
Belligerents
Ukrainian Insurgent Army	USSR NKVD
Commanders and leaders
Vasyl Vasylashko	unknown
Strength
550 UPA soldiers 200 political prisoners	3,500 soldiers of the NKVD
Casualties and losses
170 killed 200 wounded	450 killed 300 wounded

Operation progress

On the night of April 26-27, 1945, hundreds of UPA: "Halaida-1" under the command of commander Vasylyashko Vasyl<span typeof="mw:Entity" id="mwEA"> </span>— "Peremohy", "Perebiynis" under the command of the centurion "Shumsky", "Tigers" with the commander "Romko", "Prolom" with the commander "Chernyk", "Nomads" with the commander "Spyle" and the combat group of the SB under the leadership of Dmytro Kup' which — "Kleya" carried out a raid on the town of Radekhiv, where the Soviets organized a concentration camp for political prisoners destined for deportation to the east . The rebels destroyed NKVD houses with grenades, captured the concentration camp and captured the remaining Soviet soldiers. The operation was successful and freed more than 200 political prisoners.

Notes

• IN. Moroz Rebel Commander "Victory"
• Dmytro Kupyak Memories of the unshot Art. 43 — 44 Archived 2016-02-21 at the Wayback Machine