Ukrainian foreign minister calls for dialogue with Poland over army unit name
Sybiha said the dispute should be handled through talks as Poland weighs revoking Zelenskyy’s top honour over the unit name.
- On Wednesday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called for dialogue with Poland to defuse tensions after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree naming a special operations unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army .
- Poland views the UPA as responsible for the Volhynia massacres, a series of killings from 1943 to 1945 in which around 100,000 Poles were killed, prompting Poland to officially recognize the events as genocide.
- Amid the controversy, Polish President Karol Nawrocki announced plans to strip Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest honor, criticizing the decree as glorifying groups that led massacres during World War Two.
- Some coalition leaders oppose using the honor as a "bargaining chip," while Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned the decision "unnecessarily brings the issue of historical differences back to a rather alarming level."
- Sybiha stated the unit's name was a military choice to honor fighters against "imperial Moscow," urging both nations to "reduce the level of emotions" and focus on countering their common enemy, Russia.
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Ukrainian foreign minister calls for dialogue with Poland over army unit name
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called on Wednesday for dialogue between Ukraine and Poland to help defuse tensions after Kyiv renamed an army unit after nationalist insurgents involved in massacres of Poles in World War Two.
Escalation between Ukraine and Poland benefits neither Ukrainians nor Poles
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha has emphasized that Ukrainian servicemen, in initiating the honorary title "Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) Heroes" for a Special Operations Forces unit, had absolutely nothing anti-Polish in mind.
The military chose the unit's name. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha responded to Poland's outrage over the decision to bestow the honorary title "in honor of the UPA heroes" on the Separate Special Operations Center "North" of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing Sybiha's Facebook page. Read also: New UPA scandal: Why Poland is threatening Zelenskyy and will it harm Ukrai…
Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga commented on Poland's claims due to President Zelensky's decision to assign the honorary name “Name of Heroes of the UPA” to the Separate Special Operations Center “North” of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces.
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