wife. Borovets and a few of his staff escaped. On 5 October 1943, Borovets issued an order which claimed "new tactics of UPRA warfare" and a move deep underground; in reality, this was the actual disbandment of Borovets' peasants army. The steady loss of men to the rival UPA and the decline in peasant support prompted Borovets to rename his force the Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army, although some of UPRA detachments were active even later. In December 1943, they captured and released a senior OUN-B officer. Later, some Soviet sources reported about clashes with UPRA units. In autumn 1944 Soviet authorities reported that an UPRA unit prevented wood-cutting activities in one Polissya county. 2019 official veteran status In late March 2019, former members of Polissian Sich and the Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army were officially granted the status of veterans. This meant that for the first time they could receive veteran benefits, including free public transport, subsidized medical services, annual monetary aid, and public utilities discounts and would enjoy the same social benefits as former Ukrainian soldiers Red Army of the Soviet Union. There had been several previous attempts to provide former Ukrainian nationalist fighters with official veteran status, especially during the 2005–2009 administration President Viktor Yushchenko, but all failed. References Sources http://history.org.ua/oun_upa/upa/ Організація українських націоналістів і Українська повстанська армія Chapter 3 p. 104-154 Borovets', T. Armiia bez derzhavy: slava i trahediia ukraïns'koho povstans'koho rukhu (Winnipeg 1981) Son of Polissia Army without country Taras Borovetz History of the UIA Taras Borovetz - Our opinion of Russia and General Vlasov Володимир Дзьобак. Тарас Боровець і “Поліська Січ”, "З архівів ВУЧК-ГПУ-НКВД-КГБ", No.1/2(2/3), 1995. 1941 establishments in Ukraine Anti-communism in Ukraine Eastern European World War II resistance movements Guerrilla organizations Military history of the Soviet Union Military history of Ukraine National liberation armies Paramilitary organizations based in Ukraine Poland in World War II Ukrainian anti-Soviet resistance movement Ukrainian independence movement World War II resistance movements