Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz stated Ukraine faces significant EU accession problems if it continues to honor Stepan Bandera, a WWII Nazi collaborator. He criticized Ukraine's glorification of groups like OUN and UPA, responsible for massacring Poles, and confirmed Poland won't send remaining MiG-29 jets.
Die Ehrung einer ukrainischen Spezialeinheit mit dem Titel „Helden der UPA“ durch Präsident Selenskyj hat einen Konflikt mit Polen ausgelöst. Die UPA war für Massenmorde an Juden und Polen verantwortlich, was die Beziehungen belastet. Polen, das die Ukraine trotz historischer Traumata unterstützt, ist empört.
Polish officials urge Vinnytsia, Ukraine, to rename a street honoring Stepan Bandera, linked to WWII massacres of Poles, amid strained relations over Ukraine's naming of a commando unit after the "Heroes of the UPA".
Poland's Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz has demanded Ukraine's Defense Minister Mikhail Fyodorov cancel the decision to name a military unit after the UIA, an organization banned in Russia and considered extremist. The move has caused outrage in Poland, with the Foreign Ministry summoning the Ukrainian ambassador and the Polish President proposing to revoke Zelensky's highest state award.
