Poland PM Tusk says political row with Ukraine is 'strategic mistake'

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• Scandal with the order and Nawrocki: Zelenskyy has not yet decided whether to go to the conference in Gdansk https://t.co/85SxqI8l6E — LIGA.net in English (@LIGAnet_eng) June 21, 2026 Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers.

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• During the day on 20 June, former Ukrainian presidents Leonid Kuchma , Viktor Yushchenko and Petro Poroshenko announced that they were renouncing their Orders of the White Eagle.

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• Conflict between Polish and Ukrainian presidents a “strategic mistake”, warns Tusk.

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• The pro-European Tusk was elected prime minister in 2023, after leading a coalition that defeated the nationalist Law and Justice party with which Nawrocki is aligned.

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• Nawrocki revoked the Order of ​the White Eagle after ‌Zelenskyy angered many in Poland ‌by renaming a Ukrainian army unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, ‌nationalists who massacred Poles during the second world war. “Wading into a conflict between politicians in Poland and Ukraine ‌is a strategic mistake that will harm both sides: business-wise, geopolitically, and reputationally.

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• The decision came in response to Zelensky last month naming a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), a partisan formation that fought for Ukrainian independence but was also responsible for the massacre of up to 100,000 ethnic Polish civilians during World War Two.

  according to Notes from Poland

• Yesterday, the President of Poland noted that the Order of the White Eagle is not an ordinary award.

  according to Notes from Poland

• The Crimean peninsula has had periodic fuel shortages from Ukrainian strikes before, but the current crisis is the worst since its 2014 annexation.

  according to The Guardian — International Edition

• The Kremlin-appointed head of Crimea said Ukrainian strikes killed four people and wounded 28 others overnight .

  according to The Guardian — International Edition

• WARSAW, June 21 - A conflict between politicians in Poland and Ukraine is a strategic mistake that will harm both sides, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Sunday, seeking to defuse a rekindled dispute over events that occurred during World War Two.

  according to The Straits Times - World

• Following this, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland Vasyl Bodnar, and Head of the President's Office Kyrylo Budanov announced that they would be returning the Polish state awards they had received .

  according to Ukrainska Pravda EN

• Polish President Karol Nawrocki on Friday stripped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of the country's top honour, prompting three former Ukrainian presidents and other senior officials to return their state awards to Poland.

  according to The Straits Times - World

• Prime Minister of Poland calls escalation of Ukraine-Poland conflict a strategic mistake that will cost both sides.

  according to Ukrainska Pravda EN

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• During the day on 20 June, former Ukrainian presidents Leonid Kuchma , Viktor Yushchenko and Petro Poroshenko announced that they were…

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• Scandal with the order and Nawrocki: Zelenskyy has not yet decided whether to go to the conference in Gdansk https://t.co/85SxqI8l6E —…

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• Conflict between Polish and Ukrainian presidents a “strategic mistake”, warns Tusk.

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• The pro-European Tusk was elected prime minister in 2023, after leading a coalition that defeated the nationalist Law and Justice party…

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• Nawrocki revoked the Order of ​the White Eagle after ‌Zelenskyy angered many in Poland ‌by renaming a Ukrainian army unit after the…

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