{"id":14769,"date":"2026-06-21T04:11:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=14769"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:11:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:11:57","slug":"zelenskyy-returns-polands-highest-honor-after-polish-president-revokes-it-in-history-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=14769","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy returns Poland&#8217;s highest honor after Polish president revokes it in history dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy has returned Poland&#8217;s highest state honor, after the Polish president stripped him of the award as a politically charged dispute over World War II history resurfaced.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainians believed the order &#8220;was meant for the Ukrainian People and our army,&#8221; Zelenskyy wrote in a social media post explaining the gesture. &#8220;Today, I sent the Order back to the President of Poland. I believe the future will confirm the respect Ukrainians deserve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The message published on X is accompanied by photos of the Polish order and a postal receipt that it was about to be mailed to the Polish presidential office. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/20\/880c3a6b-f69b-4722-b972-f377d9f435d2\/thumbnail\/620x413\/e71fe9621f06ff8657b9b22b39b08d9c\/ap26170701101511.jpg#\" alt=\"Poland Ukraine \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/20\/880c3a6b-f69b-4722-b972-f377d9f435d2\/thumbnail\/620x413\/e71fe9621f06ff8657b9b22b39b08d9c\/ap26170701101511.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/20\/880c3a6b-f69b-4722-b972-f377d9f435d2\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/f8cea83603afef612f7b4f97c3e119ec\/ap26170701101511.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Polish President Karol Nawrocki, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend an official welcome ceremony before their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Dec. 19, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Czarek Sokolowski \/ AP Photo<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President Karol Nawrocki decided to strip Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle over the Ukrainian leader&#8217;s decision to name a military unit after a Ukrainian paramilitary organization accused of massacring Poles during WWII.<\/p>\n<p>Former Polish President Andrzej Duda bestowed the award on Zelenskyy in 2023 for services to security, resilience and the defense of human rights. <\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy issued a decree on May 26 naming a unit of Ukraine&#8217;s Special Operations Forces after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, or UPA, which operated during the 1940s and 1950s and has been accused in Poland of mass killings. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the majority of Polish society, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army remains above all a formation responsible for cruel crimes against the citizens of the Polish Republic during World War II,&#8221; Nawrocki said in a 13-minute address on social media. <\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian decree was met with widespread criticism in Poland, which has hosted millions of Ukrainian refugees and is a key supporter of Kyiv as it battled Russia&#8217;s four-year invasion. However, Nawrocki is a nationalist politician who has exploited anti-Ukrainian sentiment for electoral gain. Ukrainians in Poland have been facing increasing prejudice despite their contribution to the economy. <\/p>\n<p>The decision to revoke the honor did not mean Poland&#8217;s support for Ukraine in its defense against Russia would decrease, Nawrocki said. <\/p>\n<p>Ukraine is grateful to Poland for its support, and would stay open to resolve historical differences with Poland, Zelenskyy wrote Saturday in his post. &#8220;I am proud of our people and of EVERY Ukrainian warrior.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian Presidential Office chief Kyrylo Budanov wrote on Telegram that Nawrocki&#8217;s decision was &#8220;an unfriendly act toward our people&#8221; and &#8220;a gift to the Moscow aggressor, which will certainly use it against both of our countries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Four Ukrainian officials, including Budanov, said they would return state honors that Poland had issued them. <\/p>\n<p>Some in Ukraine criticized the decision to return the Polish honors. <\/p>\n<p>Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine&#8217;s former prime minister, wrote on X that one &#8220;harmful and incorrect decision by the current president of Poland cannot be corrected by other incorrect decisions of ours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Poland is scheduled to host a major event on Ukraine&#8217;s postwar reconstruction next week, which Zelenskyy was expected to attend. <\/p>\n<p>Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, a political rival of Nawrocki, urged the two leaders to &#8220;tone down emotions, not stoke tensions.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The front line runs elsewhere,&#8221; Tusk wrote on social media Friday night, adding that the row between Poland and Ukraine &#8220;delights Putin and shocks our allies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy&#8217;s May decree said the designation was meant to restore military traditions and recognize the unit&#8217;s performance in defending Ukraine&#8217;s territorial integrity and independence.<\/p>\n<p>The UPA fought for Ukrainian independence against both Nazi Germany and Soviet forces. But it has been accused of killing tens of thousands of Poles, mostly in the Nazi-occupied regions of Volhynia and Eastern Galicia. In 2016, the Polish Parliament recognized the crimes committed by UPA as genocide. <\/p>\n<p>Ukrainians say armed formations on both sides, including the UPA and Polish underground forces, were involved in attacks and reprisals that led to large-scale civilian casualties among Poles and Ukrainians.<\/p>\n<p>Poland and Ukraine had recently made progress on the issue of exhumation of Polish victims. 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