Defence of Kupiczów
| Defence of Kupiczów | |||||||||
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| Part of Polish-Ukrainian ethnic conflict | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Home Army Czech Self-Defence | Ukrainian Insurgent Army | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Władysław Czermiński Major Szatyński-Szatowski | Porfyr Frolovych Antoniyuk † | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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"Jastrzębia" Unit Czech Self-Defence | Pohrebniak sotnia | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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First Battle: Unknown Second Battle: 40 soldiers |
First Battle: Unknown Second Battle: Over 1,000 men | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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First Battle: 3 injured Second Battle: Unknown |
First Battle: 27 killed Second Battle: Unknown | ||||||||
The Defence of Kupiczów (Polish: Obrona Kupiczowa; Ukrainian: Оборона Купічова) was a fought defence between the Polish Home Army unit "Jastrzębia" who aided the Czech Self-Defence against the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in the Kowel County of the Wołyń Voivodeship. There were 2 battles fought during the entire defence in Kupiczow and both remained in Polish-Czech victories.