Ukraine-Poland relations

Tusk warns Ukraine-Poland feud helps Moscow as UPA dispute strains alliance

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk publicly urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Polish President Karol Nawrocki to hold a “direct and honest conversation,” he wrote in a post on X on June 8.

8 June, 02:00 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

Ukraine’s foreign minister defends Special Operations Forces unit name amid Polish backlash

The naming of a Special Operations Forces unit “in honor of the Heroes of the UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army)” was the choice of the troops themselves and was not intended as an anti-Polish gesture, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on X on June 3, as tensions between Kyiv and Warsaw continue over the move.

3 June, 01:45 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

Nawrocki urges stripping Zelenskyy of Poland’s top order over UPA unit name

Polish President Karol Nawrocki has proposed stripping Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle after the Separate Special Operations Center North, part of the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, received an honorary name commemorating the Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. The Polish president’s office announced the statement on May 29.

29 May, 05:05 PM

Zelenskyy approves Polish state bank entry to fund Ukraine recovery push

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a law ratifying an intergovernmental agreement between Ukraine and Poland on the operations of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego in Ukraine.

21 March, 03:50 PM

Ukraine allows new Volyn tragedy searches in western oblasts

Ukraine has granted the Polish side new permits to conduct search operations in the Ternopil and Volyn oblasts in 2026, Ministry of Culture reported on Dec. 30.

31 December 2025, 11:58 AM

Poland’s Nawrocki cancels Orbán meeting after Putin visit

Polish President Karol Nawrocki canceled a planned meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over Orbán’s recent visit to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, a decision announced Nov. 30 on X by Marcin Przydacz, head of the president’s International Policy Bureau.

30 November 2025, 03:25 PM

Nawrocki invites Zelenskyy to ‘thank Poles’ in Warsaw

Polish President Karol Nawrocki said he has formally invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to Warsaw to thank Poles for their support and to meet more than a million Ukrainians now living in the country.

13 November 2025, 12:40 AM

Poland to keep ban on Ukrainian food imports

Poland will maintain an indefinite ban on imports of Ukrainian wheat, corn, canola, and sunflower seeds despite recent changes to EU–Ukraine trade rules, the country’s agriculture ministry announced on Oct. 29.

30 October 2025, 12:21 AM

Zelenskyy must travel to Warsaw for Nawrocki meeting, Poland says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy must come to Warsaw himself if he wants to meet with Polish President Karol Nawrocki, Zbigniew Bogucki, head of the Polish presidential chancellery, told Polsat News on Oct. 28.

29 October 2025, 02:15 AM

Poland says it can no longer take in Ukrainian refugees indefinitely

Poland can no longer accept an unlimited number of Ukrainian refugees and must now focus on integrating those already in the country, Marcin Przydacz, head of the Polish president’s Bureau of International Policy, said on RaMF24 on Oct. 14.

14 October 2025, 06:06 PM

Polish President submits 'Stop-Bandera' bill to Sejm

Polish President Karol Navrotsky has submitted to the Sejm a draft bill introducing criminal liability for the “propaganda of Bandera ideology” and Volyn tragedy denial, Poland's government site wrote on Sept. 29.

30 September 2025, 11:52 AM

Poland extends funding for Starlink terminals in Ukraine — Fedorov

Polish President Karol Nawrocki has approved a law granting his government the authority to continue covering subscription costs for Starlink terminals in Ukraine, Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on Sept. 29.

30 September 2025, 11:48 AM

Polish defense minister arrives in Kyiv with military delegation

Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz arrived in Kyiv on Sept. 18, leading a delegation from Poland’s Defense Ministry and Armed Forces, the Polish Defense Ministry announced in a post on X.

18 September 2025, 10:21 AM

Polish FM: West must urgently realize it’s Ukraine teaching us to fight Russia, not the other way around

Western governments must come to terms with the fact that it’s Ukrainians—not their own generals—who are now showing the world how to fight Russia, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski told The Guardian during a visit to Kyiv on Sept. 14.

15 September 2025, 09:40 AM

‘Strength now or war later’: Ukraine warns West after Russian drone strike on Poland

Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) has responded sharply to Russia’s overnight drone attack on Poland, warning that Moscow’s unchecked aggression risks igniting a war in the Baltics. Andrii Kovalenko, director of the CCD, said in a Telegram post that the West must respond decisively to Russia’s latest provocation, or risk emboldening the Kremlin to target NATO territory further.

10 September 2025, 11:02 AM

Ukraine’s FM responds to Nawrocki: NATO and EU membership is key to European security

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry pushed back on recent remarks by Polish President Karol Nawrocki, who said it was too soon to discuss Ukraine’s potential NATO and EU membership. The ministry emphasized that Ukraine’s future security is firmly linked to NATO, while its political and economic development depends on the European Union.

9 September 2025, 01:29 PM

‘It’s simply impossible’: Polish president calls talk of Ukraine joining NATO or EU premature

It is “premature” to discuss Ukraine’s accession to NATO or the European Union while the country remains at war, Polish President Karol Nawrocki said, as quoted by Lithuanian outlet LRT on Sept. 8.

9 September 2025, 11:28 AM

Poland’s Ukraine policy at risk amid power struggle between Tusk and Nawrocki – FT

Poland’s foreign policy, especially toward Ukraine, is under threat due to an escalating rift between Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Karol Nawrocki, the Financial Times reported.

29 August 2025, 10:33 AM

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