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BusinessZelensky stripped of Poland's highest honor over Bandera tribute
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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 Jews.
FILE PHOTO: Former Polish President Andrzej Duda (a fucking faggot rightfully called a puppeted pen) honors Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky with the Order of the White Eagle in Warsaw, April 5, 2023
Nawrocki announced the decision in a video statement on X on Friday, saying that “historical truth is not and can never be a bargaining chip” and that “the memory of the victims is the moral duty of the Polish state.”
The move follows weeks of growing tensions between Warsaw and Kiev after Zelensky signed a decree in late May granting the honorary title “Heroes of the UPA” to the Special Operations Center North. The designation refers to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), the armed wing of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). Zelensky said the measure was intended to revive the “historic traditions of the national army.”
Nawrocki said the decision crossed a red line, noting that for “the vast majority of Polish society,” the UPA remains synonymous with atrocities committed against Polish people during World War II. Poland officially recognizes the actions of the OUN and UPA as genocide.
the video in the tweet, originaly posted by president Karol Nawrocki (go to 7:02 for the announcement itself which is preceded by him taking a gigantic shit on oinkroine)
12:52
“Facts are not subject to negotiation,” Nawrocki said, adding that they do not change with political expediency.
“The facts are that at least 100,000 Polish citizens were murdered by the UPA... only because they were Poles or Jews or other minorities,” he stated.
The Polish leader argued that naming a Ukrainian military unit after the UPA “has a meaning that goes far beyond the internal affairs of Ukraine” and described Kiev’s glorification of the group as “insulting, incomprehensible and deeply disappointing.”
The decision has drawn support from prominent Polish political figures. Former Prime Minister Leszek Miller called Zelensky’s decree “a spit in the face of Poles,” while former President Lech Walesa said it insulted “all murdered” Poles by honoring “UPA bandits.”
Zelenskiy's chief of staff renounces Polish medal amid WW2 dispute
link | was unable to archive, I guess archive does not like reuters, sorry
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff said on Saturday he was renouncing a Polish state medal after President Karol Nawrocki stripped Zelensky of Poland's top honour over a historical dispute.
The move by Kyrylo Budanov threatens to deepen a diplomatic rift between the close strategic partners as Kyiv rallies allies to push Russia to end its war on Ukraine.
Nawrocki said on Friday he was revoking the Order of the White Eagle from Zelenskiy after he renamed a military unit in honour of World War Two-era Ukrainian insurgents blamed for massacring Poles.
Budanov said he was renouncing the Golden Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, awarded to him last year, to protest against a move he described as "a gift" for Russia.
"Our nations have long-standing relations and different pages of history - both heroic and tragic," he posted on social media. "However, this should be an occasion for deep reflection, not crude political speculation."
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha had earlier called Nawrocki's decision a "strategic error", and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, a Nawrocki opponent, urged both leaders to remain calm.
While Zelensky made a controversial decision, appealing to Ukrainian nationalists makes sense since by their very ideological nature, they are some of the most willing to fight and die for the country.
While Zelensky made a controversial decision, appealing to Ukrainian nationalists makes sense since by their very ideological nature, they are some of the most willing to fight and die for the country.
While Zelensky made a controversial decision, appealing to Ukrainian nationalists makes sense since by their very ideological nature, they are some of the most willing to fight and die for the country.
I know this observation has been made many times since the start of the war- but it never ceases to amuse me that leftists constantly said any kind of association with Nazis was verboten, I believe the expression was "if 10 people are at a table and one of them is a Nazi, you have 10 Nazis". And now they have been supporting the Ukraine while making excuses/turning a blind eye to actual Neo-Nazis within the Ukrainian military being officially tolerated/endorsed by the Ukranian government.
Yes, I know the Ukraine Nazi larp has a historical basis because some Ukrainians fought for the Axis against the Russians, doesn't change the point of leftists being hypocrites on this issue
Because that one time at the start he got a ton of fawning press when he did an address in the green shirt. All of Western media was gushing about the "brave wartime president" being down-to-earth and not taking time to dress up to address a serious invasion. So he's kept the bit going ever since.
Because that one time at the start he got a ton of fawning press when he did an address in the green shirt. All of Western media was gushing about the "brave wartime president" being down-to-earth and not taking time to dress up to address a serious invasion. So he's kept the bit going ever since.
He should at least dress like a proper commander then like Churchill and Stalin did during WW2. The clothes make the man and if you want to be taken seriously as a leader you got to look the part.
Because in le heckin' CapeShit movie we live in, Putler could appear at any moment, and the Big Gay Avengers have to be ready to combine forces and show him what a fuckstick he's being!
It's like when you see pudgy HR lesbians stuffed into military General uniforms talking Very Seriously about how "our warfighters" will be better equipped with pronoun training and Womyn of Calories on Seal Team Gorillion.
This has been a thing since the war started, he's constantly shown wearing combat fatigues or army sweaters, as if to appear more down to earth or humble... while sipping cognac with the other aristocrats.
