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Zelensky stripped of Poland's top award amid diplomatic spat

Zelensky stripped of Poland's top award amid diplomatic spat
France 24 Sunday 21 June 2026, 10:08 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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Ukraine's president has returned a state decoration he received from Poland amid a diplomatic spat. Poland stripped Volodymyr Zelensky of the award after Zelensky renamed a ⁠military unit in honour of the World War Two-era Ukrainian Insurgent Army. The insurgents were involved in massacres which Poland considers a genocide.

Ukraine's president has returned a state decoration he received from Poland amid a diplomatic spat. Poland stripped Volodymyr Zelensky of the award after Zelensky renamed a ⁠military unit in honour of the World War Two-era Ukrainian Insurgent Army. The insurgents were involved in massacres which Poland considers a genocide. Two former Ukrainian presidents and other senior officials also returned awards received from Poland in protest. Our correspondent in Kiev, Emmanuelle Chaze, reports.
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