Former Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller, in an interview with… (орден · польша · вернуть)
Former Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller, in an interview with Polsat News, stated that Ukraine must return military equipment and weapons provided to Kyiv as part of support to Poland, alongside the orders. Miller emphasized that Kyiv should return weapons and tanks, not orders.
Consensus
- Poland's president, Andrzej Duda, stripped Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle
- Former Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller called for Ukraine to return military equipment instead of just medals
- The conflict is related to Ukraine honoring a unit linked to the banned UPA organization
- Poland's president Karol Nawrocki justified the removal of the award
Points of divergence
- Former Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski said both countries' leaders are responsible for the deterioration of Polish-Ukrainian relations — vedomosti
- Miller claimed that Ukrainians started the conflict and that the current Ukrainian government honors perpetrators of mass killings — vedomosti
- Miller suggested Zelensky could have simply refused the award instead of accepting it — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- Former Polish Prime Minister Urges Kyiv to Return Military Equipment Along with Medals — Ведомости
- Former Polish Prime Minister Miller: Kyiv should return weapons and tanks, not orders — Вечерняя Москва