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Poland Moves to Revoke Zelensky’s White Eagle Amid UPA Controversy

6/3/2026

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Polish President Karol Nawrocki plans to strip Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the White Eagle.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha urged dialogue after Zelenskyy’s 26 May Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) decree.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk condemned the decree.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski warned Russia could exploit the naming.
Sybiha said soldiers chose the name without anti-Polish intent and that nations have spent two years rebuilding dialogue through research and exhumations.

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Polish President Karol Nawrocki plans to strip Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the White Eagle.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha urged dialogue after Zelenskyy’s 26 May Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) decree.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk condemned the decree.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski warned Russia could exploit the naming.
Sybiha said soldiers chose the name without anti-Polish intent and that nations have spent two years rebuilding dialogue through research and exhumations.