Prime Minister Donald Tusk calls for direct talks ‘before emotions destroy solidarity’ between Poland and Ukraine

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called for direct talks with Ukraine’s president over Kiev’s controversial decision to name a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), a nationalist force responsible for the massacre of tens of thousands of ethnic Poles during World War II. Anadolu.

Tusk publicly called on Polish President Karol Nawrocki and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy to hold “a direct and honest conversation before emotions destroy the solidarity that arose in the face of the Russian threat.” social X.

On May 26, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy signed a decree awarding a special operations unit the honorary title of “Heroes of the UPA,” describing the decision as part of efforts to restore the historical traditions of Ukraine’s national military forces.

The move immediately sparked outrage across the Polish political spectrum.

Nawrocki announced plans to seek the removal of the “Order of White Eagle”, Poland’s highest state decoration, awarded to Zelenskyy after the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022.

Source: prizrenpost