{"id":1393327,"date":"2026-06-21T22:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1393327"},"modified":"2026-06-21T22:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:03:16","slug":"nawrocki-is-doing-what-orb-n-did-and-this-story-will-end-badly-zelenskyy-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/nawrocki-is-doing-what-orb-n-did-and-this-story-will-end-badly-zelenskyy-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Nawrocki Is Doing What Orb\u00e1n Did, and This Story Will End Badly, Zelenskyy Says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy linked Polish leader Karol Nawrocki\u2019s decision to strip him of the Order of the White Eagle to domestic political competition in Poland.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see this solely as an electoral process. President Karol Nawrocki is competing with Prime Minister Donald Tusk for political leadership within his camp. We have nothing to do with it; this is their internal issue,\u201d Zelenskyy said in an interview with TSN<\/a>, UATV English<\/a> informs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to the Ukrainian president, Nawrocki is continuing his domestic political struggle by fueling anti-Ukrainian sentiment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what Viktor Orb\u00e1n did. It is a bad story. I believe it will end badly,\u201d Zelenskyy said, adding that \u201cpolitical dividends cannot be built on hatred because, in the long run, it leads to poor relations between nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Zelenskyy also revealed that during his first meeting with Nawrocki in Poland, the Polish politician presented him with a book about the Volhynia tragedy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came to see him, and when we shook hands, his gift to me was a book about the Volhynia tragedy. I never talked about it publicly. I never told people. I lived with it calmly. Now we are speaking about it openly because he is taking steps that I consider wrong,\u201d the Ukrainian leader said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He added that Poland is \u201cnot a monarchy but a democracy\u201d and that relations should be built with Ukraine, which is currently defending Europe, including Poland.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy also noted that he had invited Nawrocki to visit Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has been president for a year and has never been to Ukraine. He talks about supporting Ukraine, but he has never been here. The Prime Minister of Poland has visited many times. Poland supports us, and the Polish people support us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As previously reported, President Karol Nawrocki revoked the Order of the White Eagle previously awarded to President Zelenskyy amid controversy surrounding the naming of an elite Ukrainian Special Operations Forces unit after the Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA).<\/p>\n

In response:<\/p>\n