Polish president strips Zelensky of top honor after Ukraine names military unit after UPA.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki revoked the Order of the White Eagle from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after Zelensky named a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which Poland accuses of wartime massacres of Poles. Ukrainian officials, including the foreign minister and ambassador, responded by returning their Polish awards and calling the decision a strategic error that benefits Russia. The dispute has created diplomatic tension between the two allies ahead of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdansk.
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