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Poland-Ukraine conflict delights Putin and shocks allies, Tusk says

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk commented on Polish President Karol Nawrocki’s decision to strip Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle, saying the conflict between Ukraine and Poland “delights Putin and shocks allies.”

20 June, 08:03 PM

Ukraine-Poland tensions expose deeper anger over memory and migration — NV interview

Olena Babakova, a migration specialist and visiting fellow at the Atlantic Council, explains why Poland is now seeing anti-Ukrainian sentiment peak and how the country really views the Volhynia tragedy.

20 June, 02:11 PM

Ukraine denies weighing UPA unit rename as Poland dispute strains wartime ties

Ukraine does not plan to rename a military unit that received an honorary title honoring the Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, or UPA, despite Poland’s objections, LIGA.net reported, citing a source close to Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office.

11 June, 12:06 PM

What’s next, banning the word ‘Ukraine’? What Polish nationalists choose to forget when it comes to us

When hundreds of drones are flying over Kyiv, the last thing on Ukrainians' minds is whether the name of a new military unit will offend the Poles.

4 June, 03:10 PM

Poland presses Ukraine to reverse UPA unit honor as wartime tensions deepen

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said Poland is holding quiet talks with Kyiv over Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision to assign one of Ukraine’s Armed Forces units the honorary name of the Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, or UPA.

3 June, 11:16 AM

Polish far-right leader urges EU veto over Ukraine’s UPA military tribute

Polish Sejm Deputy Speaker Krzysztof Bosak, leader of the far-right Confederation party, called on Poland to block Ukraine’s accession to the EU until Kyiv “moves away from the cult of criminals and unblocks all exhumations” of victims of the Volyn tragedy, he said on RMF24 on June 2.

2 June, 06:33 PM

Former Polish PM Morawiecki proposes deportations for displaying Banderite symbols

Former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki proposed deporting people for displaying “Banderite symbols,” equating them to Nazi and communist imagery, he said on RMF FM on Aug. 26.

26 August 2025, 04:27 PM

Ukraine criticizes Poland's Day of Remembrance for OUN and UPA victims

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine criticized the Polish Sejm's decision to establish July 11 as a day of remembrance for the victims of the "genocide committed by the OUN and the UPA in the eastern territories of the Second Polish Republic."

5 June 2025, 06:43 PM

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