Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Polish President Karol Nawrocki escalated the situation surrounding the revocation of his Order of the White Eagle because of internal political struggles. The president also revealed that at their first meeting, Nawrocki gave him a book about the Volyn tragedy.
  • Optional@lemmy.world
    16·
    15 hours ago

    I don’t like it at all.

    • Séimhe (sé / é)@lemmy.world
      18·
      15 hours ago

      I’ve read a short article about it but it seems that without relevant historical knowledge it’s hard to determine. My initial impression is that the Polish president is purposely making a spectacle of the issue and rage baiting his population, and that the main beneficiary is Putin.

      • someguy3@lemmy.world
        22·
        13 hours ago

        Tensions between Warsaw and Kyiv have been high for days following Zelensky’s decision to name a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), a World War II militia that Warsaw accuses of participating in massacres of Poles.

        That’s better context.

      • Jessicat@lemmy.world
        5·
        14 hours ago

        Thank you for a little background. The story keeps going through the news cycle and I was unclear on what the fundamental problem was.