Zelensky stripped of Poland’s top honor over Nazi tribute

Karol Nawrocki says Kiev crossed a red line by naming a military unit after a group implicated in the wartime massacres of Poles and Jews Polish President Karol Nawrocki has stripped Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky of Poland’s highest state honor, the Order of the White Eagle, after Kiev named a military unit after a nationalist group implicated in the wartime massacres of Poles and.

Poland's nationalist President Karol Nawrocki said Friday that he was revoking the country's highest award from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, despite Prime Minister Donald Tusk's attempts "not to waste" solidarity between allies amid the Russian invasion. Zelensky infuriated Warsaw earlier this month after he named a Ukrainian unit after a World War II insurgent army that massacred Poles. Polish president decides to strip Ukraine's Zelenskiy of top honour over WW2 dispute Reuters.

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