Zelenskyy’s honouring of wartime nationalists is straining Ukraine’s alliance with Poland

Zelenskyy’s honouring of wartime nationalists is straining Ukraine’s alliance with Poland

When Canada’s House of Commons gave Yaroslav Hunka two standing ovations on Sept. 22, 2023, House Speaker Anthony Rota introduced the 98-year-old as “a Ukrainian hero, a Canadian hero” who “fought for Ukrainian independence against the Russians.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Ottawa that day as an official guest of Parliament. What Rota and the rest of the House had apparently missed was that Hunka fought the Red Army as part of…