A Czech opposition party has proposed stripping Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of the Czech Republic’s highest state honor, arguing it “cannot stay silent” after Kyiv named a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA).According to Ceske Noviny on Tuesday, the opposition Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party said it would seek support within the country’s governing coalition to revoke Zelensky’s Order of the White Lion, the Czech Republic’s highest state decoration.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.“We cannot stay silent when our country’s highest state honor is held by a person who names military units after Nazi monsters,” SPD ally and PRO party leader Jindřich Rajchl told reporters.Rajchl said the Czech initiative follows Polish President Karol Nawrocki’s recent decision to revoke the Order of the White Eagle, Poland’s highest state decoration, from Zelensky.The UPA is a WWII-era Ukrainian nationalist force viewed in Poland as responsible for massacres of tens of thousands of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia, while many Ukrainians regard it as a symbol of anti-Soviet resistance.The SPD said it wants the Czech parliament to formally recommend that President Petr Pavel revoke Zelensky’s award.Awarded for remaining in KyivZelensky received the Order of the White Lion in October 2022 from then-President Miloš Zeman.At the time, Zeman said the award recognized Zelensky’s “courage and bravery” for rejecting offers to leave Ukraine after Russia launched its full-scale invasion and choosing to remain in Kyiv.