Tusk and Zelenskyy. Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine

The Polish government believes President Karol Nawrocki deliberately stripped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle shortly before the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk.

Source: European Pravda, citing Polish news outlet Onet, which spoke to government representatives

Details: A source in the Polish prime minister's office told Onet that Nawrocki had clearly wanted to provoke tensions in relations with the Ukrainians and cause Zelenskyy to cancel his visit to the conference in Gdańsk. The source added that this was why he had announced the withdrawal of the decoration a week before the conference.

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