- Jun 11
Over half of Poles say Zelenskyy's UPA unit naming worsened their view of Ukraine, poll finds
A SW Research poll for Rzeczpospolita shows 51.9% of Polish respondents say their attitude toward Ukraine and Ukrainians worsened after President Zelenskyy named a military unit after the UPA, an organisation responsible for the Volhynia massacres.
- Jun 7
Poland confronts Ukraine's envoy over military unit named after WWII nationalist army
Kyrylo Budanov, chief of staff to President Zelenskyy, faced a wall of Polish anger in Warsaw on Saturday over the naming of a Ukrainian special forces unit after the UPA, a group Poland holds responsible for the wartime massacre of Poles.
- May 29
Poland's president moves to strip Zelensky of top honour after Ukraine names unit after UPA heroes
President Karol Nawrocki has asked the chapter of the Order of the White Eagle to consider revoking Volodymyr Zelensky's highest Polish state decoration, after the Ukrainian leader named a military unit after the controversial UPA.
