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Zelensky Opens Volhynia Archives, Returns White Eagle Order

7/18/2026

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Zelensky chaired a July 17 2026 meeting and pledged to ease tensions after naming a UPA-linked unit.
Zelensky ordered the opening of Volhynia massacre archives, exhumation permits, and tasked Oleksandr Alfiorov to expand Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance’s work.
Zelensky returned the Order of the White Eagle day after Karol Nawrocki stripped it on June 19, while experts reported a rise in hate incidents, noting a June 22 insult to Ukrainian girls in Bielsko-Biala.

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Zelensky chaired a July 17 2026 meeting and pledged to ease tensions after naming a UPA-linked unit.
Zelensky ordered the opening of Volhynia massacre archives, exhumation permits, and tasked Oleksandr Alfiorov to expand Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance’s work.
Zelensky returned the Order of the White Eagle day after Karol Nawrocki stripped it on June 19, while experts reported a rise in hate incidents, noting a June 22 insult to Ukrainian girls in Bielsko-Biala.