Zelensky returns highest Polish honour after award stripped
Ukraine's president said his country was open to "engagement" about "difficult and painful chapters of our shared past".
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Notable Quotes
"Ukraine would remain open to all meaningful formats of engagement with Poland in order to try to avoid conflicting interpretations of the difficult and painful chapters of our shared past."
— Volodymyr Zelensky , Politician
"For the overwhelming majority of Polish society, the UPA remains, above all, a formation responsible for the brutal crimes committed against citizens of the Republic of Poland during World War Two."
— Karol Nawrocki , Politician
"Any feud between the two 'delights' Russia's Vladimir Putin and called on Zelensky and Nawrocki to 'calm emotions, not to stoke tensions.'"
— Donald Tusk , Politician
Key People
Former President of Poland.
Donald Tusk is a Polish politician who has served as President of the European Council and Prime Minister of Poland.
Karol Nawrocki is the President of Poland.
President of Ukraine who attended a summit in Yerevan.
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Ukraine's president said his country was open to "engagement" about "difficult and painful chapters of our shared past".
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