HISTORICAL SENSITIVITIES:
Ukraine earlier this month named a military unit after an insurgent army that took part in massacres of Poles in World War II
AFP, WARSAW
Polish President Karol Nawrocki on Friday stripped his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Warsaw’s top award, escalating a row between the allies over the memory of World War II. Zelenskiy had infuriated Warsaw this month by naming a military unit after an insurgent army that took part in massacres of Poles in WWII. Poland has been one of Ukraine’s main allies during the Russian invasion, taking in hundreds of thousands of refugees and turning into a logistics hub for Western support for Kyiv, but spats over WWII memory have historically strained Kyiv-Warsaw relations.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, second right, speaks with Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar, right, and European Council President Antonio Costa, left, as Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk looks on during an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday.
