Polish president strips Zelenskyy of honor over naming of army unit after notorious WWII group
The move escalates a historical dispute and comes days before a major Ukraine recovery conference in Gdansk, where Zelenskyy was expected to attend.
- Poland's President Karol Nawrocki revoked Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the country's highest award, the Order of the White Eagle, due to a spat over World War II memory.
- Poland has been one of Ukraine's main allies during the Russian invasion, but historical disputes over World War II massacres have strained relations between the two countries.
- Poland's liberal Prime Minister Donald Tusk criticized the move, saying it 'pleases Putin and shocks our allies,' and urged both leaders to 'calm emotions, not to stoke tensions.
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Polish President Karol Nawrocki has revoked Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Order of the White Eagle. Now Ukraine has retaliated.
Zelensky humiliated by NATO ally? Ukrainian president stripped of Poland's top state honor award
A major diplomatic dispute has erupted between Poland and Ukraine after Polish President Karol Nawrocki revoked one of Poland’s highest state honours previously awarded to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The decision followed Kyiv’s move to honour a military unit linked to traditions associated with the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), a group viewed very differently in the two countries. Poland regards the UPA as responsible for mass kil…
Şeful administers the or distinguishe of stat poloneză, după ce preşedintele Poloniei, Karol Nawrocki, i-a retracts preşedintelui Ukrainian Volodimir Zelenski cea mai înaltă decoraăie poloneză, pe fondul unei dispute istorice legate de al Doilea Război Mondial, transmits Reuters.
The Polish President has denied the Ukrainian leader the White Eagle Order. The reason for this is a dispute over the designation of a Ukrainian military unit.
Poland strips Zelensky of top honour over WW2 dispute
Poland's president has decided to strip Volodymyr Zelensky of the country's top honour after the Ukrainian president caused outrage by renaming an army unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), nationalists who massacred Poles during World War Two.
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