As the Red army withdrew. It followed a "scorchedearth" policy of destroying factories. roads. bridges. railroads. buildings. crops and livestock. and even churches. to leave nothing in its wake for the Germans. Upon Soviet withdrawal. the Germans then exterminated an estimated 3.9 million Ukrainians. including 900.000 Jews. and deported millions more to slave labor camps where countless numbers of victims perished. Surprising the Germans with a "fait accompli" by seizing power in Lviv and convening the National Assembly which issued the Act of Proclamation. the National Assembly appointed Mr. Yaroslav Stetsko Prime Minister of the newly formed Ukrainian Provisional Government.
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