 In September, leaflets calling on Poles to leave these lands appeared in the Lublin region.At the beginning of 1944, the Banderites formed two SB militias, which in January attacked Poles.To counteract the escalating terror of the OUN and the UPA, the AK and BCh troops carried out an offensive on March 10, 1944, during which about 1,500 Ukrainians were killed.