South Korea's government revoked 198 state awards from 167 individuals involved in the 1979 military coup led by Chun Doo-hwan and various acts of state violence, including fabricated espionage cases, following reviews by multiple agencies.
Polish PM Donald Tusk cautioned against a political conflict with Ukraine, calling it a strategic mistake. This follows Poland revoking Zelenskyy's top honor after he supported renaming a unit after nationalists who massacred Poles in WWII. Meanwhile, Ukraine's attacks on Russian fuel supplies in Crimea have led to civilian gas sales suspension.
Russia claims Ukraine's decision to renounce Polish state awards, in response to Poland stripping Zelensky of an order, provides Warsaw legal grounds to oppose Ukraine's EU accession due to the glorification of Nazism.
