Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki stripped his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the country’s highest state honor amid a row about commemorating fighters responsible for a World War II massacre.
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Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki stripped his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the country’s highest state honor amid a row about commemorating fighters responsible for a World War II massacre.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki stripped Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle. On Saturday, Zelensky's top aide, Ukraine's ambassador to Warsaw and Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga relinquished Polish awards in solidarity. Karol Nawrocki's decision to strip Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Poland's highest honor is likely to spark a severe diplomatic crisis between Poland and Ukraine.
Poland's nationalist President Karol Nawrocki said Friday that he was revoking the country's highest award from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after he infuriated Warsaw by naming a Ukrainian unit after a World War II insurgent militia that massacred Poles. Several of Ukraine’s top officials said they would return Polish state awards after the President Karol Nawrocki stripped his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the country’s highest state honor, deepening a row over the commemoration of controversial World War II fighters.
Le Monde English reported the story as "Top Ukrainian officials return Polish awards in WWII row after Zelensky stripped of highest honor." The Seattle Times reported the story as "Ukrainian officials criticize Polish president's decision to strip Zelenskyy of honor." South China Morning Post reported the story as "Poland’s president strips Ukraine’s Zelensky of top award."
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7 sources have covered this story, including Le Monde English, The Seattle Times, The Independent and Deutsche Welle English and 3 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 8 hours ago.
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