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Poland strips Zelensky of Warsaw's top award amidst escalating row over WWII memory
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Poland strips Zelensky of Warsaw's top award amidst escalating row over WWII memory

Le Monde (English) · Jun 19, 2026, 8:17 PM · Also reported by 2 other sources

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Hard-right President Karol Nawrocki stripped his Ukrainian counterpart of the Order of the Eagle after Zelensky named a military unit after an insurgent army that took part in massacres against Poles in WWII.

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