Poland’s president strips Zelenskyy of Poland’s top award, escalating a WWII row.
20 June 2026
Poland’s hard-right president Karol Nawrocki has stripped his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Warsaw’s highest Order.
Zelenskyy had infuriated Warsaw by naming a military unit after an insurgent army that took part in massacres against Poles in WWII.
Ukraine slammed the decision as a “strategic mistake” from which “only Moscow stands to gain”.
Zelenskyy had infuriated Warsaw by naming a military unit after an insurgent army that took part in massacres against Poles in WWII.
Ukraine slammed the decision as a “strategic mistake” from which “only Moscow stands to gain”.