Polish President Karol Nawrocki rescinded a top Polish honour given to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in retaliation against Ukraine’s head of state honouring the nationalist Ukrainian insurgent army (UPA) which was responsible for ethnic cleansing of Poles.
In doing so Nawrocki warned Ukraine that its cult of nationalist leaders would block the country’s accession to the EU.
Zelensky immediately sent back the Polish Order of the White Eagle and was later joined by other Ukrainian present and past politicians sending back their honours from Poland as relations between Poland and Ukraine sank to their lowest level for decades.
