Zelenskyy returns Polish honor after WWII history dispute (opens in new tab)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on June 20 that he sent the Order of the White Eagle back to Polish President Karol Nawrocki, a day after Nawrocki said he had revoked Poland’s highest state honor from him. Nawrocki tied the move to Zelenskyy’s May 26 decree giving a Ukrainian Special Operations Forces unit an honorary name linked to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, or UPA, a World War II-era nationalist force accused in Poland of massacring Polish civilians. Former Polish President ...
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