 The symbolic use of Szczerbiec became a bone of contention again in 2009 . After a monument to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army ( <unk> 'ka <unk> 'ka Armiya ) on the <unk> Mountain in southeastern Poland was vandalized , authorities of the Ukrainian city of Lviv demanded the removal of an image of Szczerbiec from the local Polish military cemetery . The Ukrainians , recalling the legendary use of the original sword in a Polish invasion of Kiev , argued it was a Polish nationalist , militaristic and anti @-@ Ukrainian symbol . 
