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        "id": 1777948,
        "msgid": "poland-sees-zelenskys-power-at-risk-1780326908",
        "date": "2026-06-01 20:03:00",
        "title": "Poland Sees Zelensky\u2019s Power at Risk",
        "author": "Cahya  Mulyana",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Poland\u2019s government has criticised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s decision to honour the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), warning it could damage public support for Ukraine. The move has led to Poland\u2019s president initiating the revocation of Zelensky\u2019s highest national award, while former president Lech Wa\u0142\u0119sa has withdrawn his public support, citing historical atrocities committed by the UPA against Polish civilians during WWII.",
        "content": "<p>The decision by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to honour the\nUkrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) has sparked criticism from Polish\nofficials and risks undermining public support for Ukraine in\nPoland.<\/p>\n<p>Poland\u2019s Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said on Monday that\nZelensky\u2019s action was a strategic mistake that could erode Polish public\ntrust, as Poland has been one of Ukraine\u2019s main supporters in the\nconflict with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Zelensky awarded the title \u2018In the Name of UPA Heroes\u2019 to\nthe Northern Special Operations Centre of Ukraine\u2019s Armed Forces Special\nOperations Forces.<\/p>\n<p>The decision has prompted Polish President Karol Nawrocki to begin\nproceedings to revoke Zelensky\u2019s highest national award, the White Eagle\nOrder.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I do not understand Zelensky\u2019s actions. It is a major mistake that\ncould lose the sympathy of the Polish people, with political and\nmilitary implications. He should have considered such matters,\u2019\nSiemoniak told TVN24 television.<\/p>\n<p>Despite criticising Zelensky, Siemoniak stressed Poland\u2019s interest in\nmaintaining relations and support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Poland does not benefit from severing ties or halting support for\nUkraine,\u2019 he said, \u2018but honouring the UPA is an unacceptable move.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The fact that the UPA, a criminal organisation responsible for the\nmurder of Polish civilians in Volhynia, is honoured in any form is a\nmajor disaster,\u2019 Siemoniak added.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy has also triggered reactions from Polish politicians.\nPreviously on Friday, 29 May, Nawrocki stated that the revocation of the\nWhite Eagle Order from Zelensky would be considered on 8 June.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, former Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate\nLech Wa\u0142\u0119sa said on Thursday, 28 May, that he had removed the Ukrainian\nflag he usually wore on his collar and would no longer support\nZelensky.<\/p>\n<p>The UPA, or Ukrayins\u2019ka Povstans\u2019ka Armiya in Ukrainian, is the\nmilitary wing of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN).<\/p>\n<p>The group was an armed nationalist resistance movement active from\n1942 to the mid-1950s, primarily aimed at securing Ukrainian\nindependence.<\/p>\n<p>Although the group disbanded in 1956, the Ukrainian government\nofficially granted veteran status to surviving UPA members in March\n2019.<\/p>\n<p>Poland opposes the UPA due to the nationalist group\u2019s ethnic\ncleansing and mass killings of tens of thousands of Polish civilians\nduring World War II, particularly in the Volhynia and Eastern Galicia\nmassacres of 1943. (Ant\/P-3)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/poland-sees-zelenskys-power-at-risk-1780326908",
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