Zelenskyy and Nawrocki during a meeting in Warsaw in December 2025. Photo: President's Office

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Polish President Karol Nawrocki escalated the situation surrounding the revocation of his Order of the White Eagle because of internal political struggles. The president also revealed that at their first meeting, Nawrocki gave him a book about the Volyn tragedy.

Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with TSN, a Ukrainian daily news programme

Quote: "I see this purely as an electoral process. President Karol Nawrocki is fighting for his party's premiership against Prime Minister Tusk. It has nothing to do with us – it's an internal matter for them."

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