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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on 8 June urged Presidents Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Karol Nawrocki to hold a frank conversation, saying diplomatic efforts over the scandal caused by a Ukrainian military unit being named after the Heroes of the UPA "have produced no results".
Source: Tusk on X (Twitter), reported by European Pravda; Polish news channel Polsat News
Quote: "I publicly appeal to Presidents Karol Nawrocki and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to hold a direct and frank conversation. Before emotions destroy the solidarity that was born in the face of the Russian threat. Cooperation is in the interests of both our states and peoples, while conflict is in Moscow's interests. I think this is obvious to us all."
For reference: The Ukrainian Insurgent Army, or UPA, was a nationalist paramilitary organisation that fought for Ukrainian independence during and after World War II, primarily against Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Poland believes that the UPA was responsible for what it considers the genocide of Poles during the Volyn (Volhynia) tragedy, a series of events that led to the ethnic cleansing of the Polish and Ukrainian populations in 1943. The tragedy was part of a long-standing rivalry between Ukrainians and Poles in what is now Ukraine's west.
