The diplomatic rebuke, issued via social media on Friday, highlights a growing friction between the two nations. Sybiha maintained that retracting the state honor undermines the strategic partnership between Kyiv and Warsaw. By distancing the Polish state from the Ukrainian leadership in this manner, the decision risks fracturing a unified front against Russian aggression, effectively providing a political opening for the Kremlin to exploit.
Kyiv calls Polish decision to revoke Zelenskiy's award a strategic error
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha condemned the Polish presidency’s decision to strip Volodymyr Zelenskiy of the Order of the White Eagle, characterizing the move as a profound miscalculation that serves only the interests of Moscow during an ongoing period of regional instability.
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