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WWII-related dispute rocks Ukraine-Poland relations

Farida Dowidar

Polish President Karol Nawrocki rescinded his country’s highest civilian award from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday. Why? On May 26, Zelensky honored Ukrainian nationalist fighters whom Poland has long held responsible for killing tens of thousands of Poles in 1943. Kyiv, for its part, remembers them as fighting the Soviet Union. The two countries remain allies against Russia, but the rift could complicate efforts to rebuff Moscow.

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