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Poland revokes top award from Zelensky amid WWII massacre row

Poland's President Karol Nawrocki has revoked the country's highest award, the Order of the White Eagle, from Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky. This action escalates a dispute between the two nations concerning the naming of a Ukrainian army unit after a World War II insurgent group involved in massacres against Poles. The decision was made despite objections from both Kyiv and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, and it comes shortly before Poland is scheduled to host the Ukraine Recovery Conference. AI

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Poland revokes top award from Zelensky amid WWII massacre row

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Agence France-Presse ·

    Poland’s president strips Ukraine’s Zelensky of top award

    Poland’s nationalist president Karol Nawrocki announced on Friday he was stripping Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky of the country’s top award, escalating a row between the neighbours and allies over World War II massacres. Relations between Warsaw and Kyiv have been tense for days o…