THE URA VICTORY OVER THE GERMAN ARMY NEAR KOSTOPOL
The unity of the OUN with Hitler Germany did not last long. When in June, 1941 the attempt to revive the Ukrainian State failed, the OUN went underground and started preparing for the armed opposition. Soon the first detachments of the newly created Ukrainian Rebellion Army (URA) made themselves known on the territory of Volyn. In February, 1943 the URA actions embraced Rivne region, in early March the rebellion movement also spread to Zhytomyr region. The attacks on German army communications, social facilities and warehouses became systematic. The occupation army commandment treated the new threats seriously. They sent numerous reports of the officers about the rebels' activities to the Reichkommissariat "Ukraine" in Rivne. Near Kostopo
