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Ukraine to receive first EU loan tranche during June 25–26 Gdansk conference

Kyiv will receive the first tranche of the EU’s EUR90 billion ($104 billion) loan program during the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Poland’s Gdansk on June 25–26, Ukrainska Pravda reported on June 22.

23 June, 02:39 AM

Kyiv weighs Zelenskyy’s participation in Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdansk

Discussions over whether Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will attend the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026, scheduled for June 25-26 in Gdansk, Poland, are ongoing.

22 June, 04:39 PM

Massive search operations underway after Ukrainian teen vanishes in Warsaw river

Emergency services are conducting a search operation for a 15-year-old Ukrainian boy who went missing after swimming in a river in Warsaw, Poland, local Polish news outlet Wawa Hot News 24 reported on June 21.

22 June, 01:45 PM

Poland explained why Mussolini, Catherine II and Schroeder are still among those awarded the White Eagle

The Order of the White Eagle revoked from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy remains held by Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini and Russian Empress Catherine II, Agnieszka Jędrzak, a minister in the Chancellery of the President of Poland, said.

22 June, 12:41 PM

Zelenskyy added another insult by returning state honor by mail – Polish official

Polish presidential aide Agnieszka Jędrzak accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of adding "another insult" by returning the Order of the White Eagle via postal delivery, amid an ongoing dispute over the award on June 22.

22 June, 12:18 PM

Ukrposhta shifts transit routes after two months of delays at Polish border

Polish customs has been blocking Ukrposhta vehicles for two months, forcing the company to reroute its transit flows through Hungary and Slovakia, Ukrposhta CEO Ihor Smilianskyi said on June 20.

21 June, 01:51 PM

Survey shows 58% of Poles believe Zelenskyy is unfriendly toward Poland

More than half of Poles believe Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has a negative attitude toward Poland, according to a United Surveys poll cited by Polsat News on June 21.

21 June, 01:35 PM

Tusk backs Magyar's stance against fast-tracking Ukraine's EU accession

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on June 19 he supported the position of his Hungarian counterpart, Peter Magyar, at the European Council summit that the final communique should not call for fast‑tracking Ukraine’s accession to the EU.

20 June, 12:37 AM

Poland strips Zelenskyy of top state award

Polish President Karol Nawrocki stripped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle, the country’s highest state honor, over Kyiv naming one of its military units after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), Nawrocki announced on June 19.

19 June, 11:41 PM

Poland must be included in all talks concerning Russia – Polish PM

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Poland would not accept a situation in which security issues and contacts with Russia are decided solely by the European Union's largest member states without Warsaw's participation, according to RMF FM on June 19.

19 June, 05:49 PM

Zelenskyy meets Tusk as Ukraine–Poland relations remain tense

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Polish PM Donald Tusk on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels on June 18, RFE/RL reported.

19 June, 12:39 AM

Poland detains suspect in killing of Russian opposition artist

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said authorities have detained a suspect in the killing of Russian artist and Kremlin critic Semyon Skrepetsky.

18 June, 04:32 PM

Zelenskyy plans Gdansk visit despite recent Poland-Ukraine tensions

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to visit Poland for a Ukraine reconstruction summit in Gdansk on June 25-26, Polish daily Rzeczpospolita reported on June 16.

17 June, 02:35 PM

Poles crowdfund buses for Vinnytsia after dispute over Stepan Bandera street

Polish activists successfully raised 500k+ zlotys ($137k) to purchase 15 transit buses for Vinnytsia following a local political dispute over a street name, the Sikorki na Ukrainie foundation announced on June 15.

15 June, 02:50 PM

Polish activists step in to secure 15 buses for Ukraine after street name scandal

Polish activists launched a crowdfunding campaign to purchase 15 transit buses for Vinnytsia following a political dispute in Kielce, Sikorki na Ukrainie foundation announced on June 12.

12 June, 12:14 PM

Four arrested in Wrocław over brutal abduction and extortion of Ukrainian citizens

Police in Wrocław, Poland, arrested four suspects charged with kidnapping, robbing, and assaulting two young Ukrainian citizens who were held captive in a downtown basement, Polish news outlet RMF24 reported on June 11.

11 June, 02:38 PM

Lawmakers in Poland's Kielce urge Vinnytsia to rename its Stepan Bandera street

The Law and Justice party faction in the Kielce City Council has submitted a resolution urging the mayor of Vinnytsia to change the name of Stepan Bandera street, Telewizja Świętokrzyska reported on June 11.

11 June, 02:03 PM

Years of stability needed before Ukrainians return en masse, Polish diplomat says

Kyiv should lower expectations for a rapid return of refugees and focus on providing services and security in communities to encourage repatriation, Poland’s chargé d’affaires to Ukraine, Piotr Lukasiewicz, said on June 10.

10 June, 11:43 PM

Poland now holds up some of EU’s Ukraine funding

Germany is pressing for all EUR6.6 billion ($7.62 billion) that Hungary had blocked in the European Peace Facility to be transferred to Ukraine, but Poland is currently opposing the move.

10 June, 09:49 PM

Vinnytsia rejects sister-city bus donation amid growing political row with Poland

Vinnytsia City Council rejected a donation of 15 decommissioned buses from its Polish sister city of Kielce after a Polish MP spoke out against the move due to local street named in honor of Stepan Bandera, Kielce mayor Agata Wojda wrote on June 9.

10 June, 02:15 PM

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