The President of Poland took away the Order of the White Eagle from V. Zelensky

 

"This happened after V. Zelenskiy's decision to award one of the units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the honorary title of "UPA Heroes". This has been heavily criticized by Polish politicians. President K. Nawrocki declared that he was outraged and announced that he would propose to withdraw the award of the Order of the White Eagle from V. Zelenski.

 

Poland considers the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) a criminal nationalist organization responsible for the massacre of tens of thousands of Poles during World War II in Volhynia, in what is now western Ukraine. The Voluntary Massacre remains one of the most sensitive historical and diplomatic issues in Polish-Ukrainian relations. UPA is accused from 1943 to 1945. killing approximately 60,000-100,000 people. ethnic Poles, mostly civilians, in Nazi-occupied Volhynia and Eastern Galicia. The Bloody Sunday attacks on villages in 1943 are considered the culmination of these massacres. on July 11."