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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"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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