Przemysław Czarnek, one of the leaders of PiS, called Zelenskyy’s decision a “scandal.”
“You cannot talk about partnership with Poland and reconciliation one day, and then glorify the groups responsible for the massacre of thousands of Poles the next,” he said.
Nawrocki said he’ll raise the issue of stripping Zelenskyy of the decoration during a June 8 meeting of the chapter in charge of the Order of the White Eagle. The Ukrainian president was given the honor by former President Andrzej Duda in 2023.
Polish law says that an order can be taken away if “the decorated person has committed an act as a result of which that person has become unworthy of the order or decoration.”
“In the European family, bandits and murderers who killed women and children, who killed Poles … cannot be glorified, and UPA cannot be glorified,” Nawrocki said.
Tusk issued a warning to both sides.
“If we quarrel about the past, someone else will win the future. The president of Ukraine should finally understand this. Poles too. Before it’s too late!” Tusk said on X.