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Vasyl Bodnar

Vasyl Bodnar

Ukrainian diplomat

Photo: Biuro Rzecznika Prasowego Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)

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  • Jun 22

    Zelenskyy accuses Nawrocki of playing politics after Poland revokes top order over UPA unit name

    Ukrainian president says the revocation is 'solely an electoral process' and compares the Polish leader to Viktor Orbán, as Kyiv officials renounce their own Polish awards en masse.

  • Jun 15

    Poland halts MiG-29 delivery to Ukraine over unfulfilled drone technology deal

    Deputy defence minister Cezary Tomczyk confirmed on 15 June that Poland has not transferred additional MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, citing Kyiv's failure to fulfil agreed technology-transfer terms on drones.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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