On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several top officials returned their Polish state honors via mail following a bitter historical dispute.
The rift began Friday when Polish President Karol Nawrocki stripped Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest distinction. Nawrocki cited Zelenskyy’s decision to name a military unit after a WWII-era insurgent group responsible for massacres against ethnic Poles. Ukrainian leaders called the move a "strategic mistake" that disrespects their current alliance and handed a symbolic victory to Russia.
Both nations now face their deepest diplomatic crisis since the Russian invasion as they struggle to reconcile shared security with painful history.
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