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Why are Poland and Ukraine locked in a diplomatic row?

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Relations between Poland and Ukraine have become strained after President Zelenskyy named a military unit after controversial World War Two fighters, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA).


Although regarded as heroes in some parts of Ukraine, in Poland they are remembered for massacring one hundred thousand ethnic Poles in what is now Ukraine.


The UPA also collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.


Poland’s president Karol Nawrocki says the move by President Zelenskyy amounts to the ‘glorification’ of bandits and killers by Ukraine.



Joining Enda Brady for this discussion:


Marek Madej

Assistant International Studies Professor at University of Warsaw


Andrij Dobriansky

Policy Expert at Centre for US-Ukrainian Relations


Mary Dejevsky

Columnist at The Independent


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