Zelenskyy. Stock photo: Getty Images
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to Gdańsk for the Ukraine Recovery Conference despite the controversy surrounding the naming of a Ukrainian military unit after UPA heroes. [The UPA, or Ukrainian Insurgent Army, was a nationalist paramilitary organisation that fought for Ukrainian independence during and after World War II, primarily against Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union – ed.]
Source: a source in the Polish government, as cited by Rzeczpospolita and reported by European Pravda
Details: According to the source, Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a diplomatic note from the Ukrainian side on Tuesday 16 June confirming that Volodymyr Zelenskyy will participate in the Ukraine Recovery Conference, which will take place in Gdańsk on 25-26 June.
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