Polish-Ukrainian history

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

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 envoy rejects Polish award as Zelenskyy honor dispute deepens

Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland Vasyl Bodnar said he is returning the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland after Polish President Karol Nawrocki stripped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle, Bodnar wrote on Facebook on June 20.

20 June, 05:20 PM

Scholars urge balanced view of Volyn tragedy in Ukraine-Poland history

Ukrainian historians are urging Poland not to equate the actions of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) with the totalitarian regimes of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. The statement was published on Oct. 1 by the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory.

2 October 2025, 03:35 PM

Poland’s Nawrocki plans Kyiv visit to meet Zelenskyy

Inaugurated in early August, Polish President Karol Nawrocki said he plans to travel to Kyiv and meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy soon, Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne reported on Sept. 24.

25 September 2025, 02:30 AM

Remains of 42 Volhynia tragedy victims exhumed in Ternopil Oblast

A joint Polish–Ukrainian expert group working in Puzhnyky, Ternopil Oblast, has exhumed the remains of 42 Poles who died in the 1945 Volhynia tragedy, Ukraine’s Deputy Culture Minister Andrii Nadzhos said on May 7.

7 May 2025, 08:47 PM

Poland expects exhumation of Volhynia victims to begin after Easter

Exhumation of Polish victims of the Volhynia tragedy in the former village of Pużniki (now Sadove) in Ukraine’s Ternopil Obkast is expected to begin after Easter, roughly around April 25, according to Poland’s Freedom and Democracy Foundation.

25 March 2025, 10:28 PM

Polish far-right candidate Mentzen provokes outrage in Lviv

Sławomir Mentzen, the anti-Ukrainian presidential candidate from Poland’s far-right, ultranationalist Confederation party, visited Lviv on Feb. 24—the anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion—and recorded a provocative video at the monument to Stepan Bandera.

26 February 2025, 04:55 PM

Polish-Ukrainian history