Poland strips Zelensky of top honour over WW2 dispute (opens original article in a new tab)

Poland stripped Zelensky of its highest honor after Ukraine named an army unit after the UPA, a group linked to WWII massacres of Poles, causing diplomatic tensions.

• Poland's president revoked Volodymyr Zelensky's top honor over Ukraine's renaming of an army unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which killed Poles during WWII.
• The decision risks diplomatic tensions between Poland and Ukraine ahead of a Ukraine reconstruction conference in Gdansk.
• Ukrainian officials called the move a 'strategic error' and emphasized that no foreign leader should dictate Ukraine's history.