Polish president revokes Zelenskyy’s Order of the White Eagle (opens in new tab)

Polish President Karol Nawrocki announced Friday that he would revoke Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Order of the White Eagle, Poland’s highest state honor, after Zelenskyy approved naming a Ukrainian Special Operations Forces unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, or UPA. Zelenskyy received the award in 2023 from then-Polish President Andrzej Duda for contributions to security, resilience and human rights. The dispute centers on Zelenskyy’s May 26 decree giving a Ukrainian milit...