Polish President Karol Nawrocki decided to summon Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky Assigned He will receive the Order of the White Eagle in 2023, Poland’s highest state award. About this I mentioned On the official website of the Polish President.
This decision was made due to the fact that Zelensky on May 26 I fell Decree granting an honorary name to the Separate Special Operations Center “North” of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“For the vast majority of Polish society, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army remains the formation primarily responsible for the brutal crimes committed against Polish citizens during World War II. <…> At least 100,000 Polish citizens were killed by the United Progressive Alliance… simply because they were Poles, Jews, or representatives of other minorities. <...> Therefore, giving one of the Ukrainian military units a name referring to the criminals of the United Progressive Alliance has a meaning that goes beyond the internal affairs of Ukraine,” said Navrotsky.
At the same time, he stressed that depriving Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle is not directed against the Ukrainian people and does not change Poland’s policy, which supports and will continue to support Ukraine in its war with Russia.
Updated. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sepiga maleWhich will return the state award to Poland in connection with depriving Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle.
Carol Nawrocki is a professional historian. Before being elected President of Poland in 2025, he headed the Institute of National Remembrance, which researches the crimes of the Nazi and Communist regimes in Poland. After his election, Nawrocki said that Ukraine and Poland needed to resolve “old historical issues.”
Navrotsky proposed depriving Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle due to the conflict surrounding the United Progressive Alliance at the end of May. In early June, the newspaper RBC-Ukraine reported that the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, had managed to prevent the “worst-case scenario” in this conflict. RBC-Ukraine did not specify what exactly was meant by the “worst-case scenario,” noting only that “we were talking about things much more complex than the issue of awards.”