Zelenskyy: Nawrocki is doing what Orbán did. This will end badly (www.pravda.com.ua)

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

On the evening of 19 June, Polish President Karol Nawrocki took the decision to strip Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle in connection with the naming of a Ukrainian military unit after the Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. He said Poland would not allow EU accession for those who do not understand the need to renounce the "cult of totalitarianism and violence".

Following this, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland Vasyl Bodnar, and Head of the President's Office Kyrylo Budanov announced that they would be returning the Polish state awards they had received.

On 20 June, Zelenskyy said he had sent the order back to Nawrocki by post.

Nawrocki explained that he had stripped Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle because Zelenskyy had crossed the Poles' "pain threshold".

Former Ukrainian presidents Leonid Kuchma, Viktor Yushchenko and Petro Poroshenko announced on 20 June that they were renouncing their Orders of the White Eagle.

I don’t like it at all.

[-] Seimhe@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago

I've read a short article about it but it seems that without relevant historical knowledge it's hard to determine. My initial impression is that the Polish president is purposely making a spectacle of the issue and rage baiting his population, and that the main beneficiary is Putin.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 28 points 3 weeks ago

Tensions between Warsaw and Kyiv have been high for days following Zelensky's decision to name a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), a World War II militia that Warsaw accuses of participating in massacres of Poles.

That's better context.

[-] endofline@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's not accusation, it's a fact... Ukraine is blocking searches for graves of killed Poles during ww2 for no reason... Still what has been found ( plenty of confirmed mass graves of Poles all age ) says it's confirmed

[-] Jessicat@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you for a little background. The story keeps going through the news cycle and I was unclear on what the fundamental problem was.

[-] Big_Boss_77@fedinsfw.app 4 points 3 weeks ago

Think he's gunning for some of that Orbán oligarch money?

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