Top Ukrainian officials return Polish awards in WWII dispute | Russia-Ukraine war News
Ukrainian officials have announced they will return Polish awards in response to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy being stripped of the Order of the White Eagle by Polish President Karol Nawrocki. The move comes after Zelenskyy named a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), a group accused of massacring Poles during World War II. Zelenskyy's chief of staff, Kyrylo Budanov, and Ukraine’s ambassador to Warsaw, Vasyl Bodnar, along with Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, stated that the decision was a political move by Poland that would benefit Russia.
20 JUN 2026
— Times of India
Poland's president stripped Ukrainian President Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle in response to Zelenskyy's approval of a military unit named after the UPA.
· THIS STORY — Al Jazeera
Ukrainian officials are returning Polish awards in response to President Zelenskyy's naming of a military unit after the UPA.
— BBC
Following the stripping of the Order of the White Eagle, Zelensky returned the honor in response to Poland's President's decision.
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