The European Parliament has voted to criticise President Zelenskyy's decision to name an elite Ukrainian military unit after the "Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army" (UPA), describing it as an unnecessary provocation that damages Polish-Ukrainian relations and disregards the victims of the Volhynia massacres. This is significant for Poland as for some time it has been on the back foot in this dispute. Kyiv has portrayed the issue as a bilateral disagreement driven by Polish historical obsession. At the same time, it has promoted the idea that there were crimes on both sides, suggesting moral equivalence. The success was that Warsaw got the issue moved out of the bilateral Polish-Ukrainian trench and into EU accession language: good neighbourly relations, reconciliation, European values, and the expectations placed on a candidate state.

Jul 9, 2026 · 5:48 AM UTC

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There were monuments to those people before. Somehow it became an issue now. Yet, nobody looks at what was Poland doing with their neighbors in the first half of 20th century.
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Ukrainians are of value as well, not just poles. The same crimes, killing of non-combatants are equivalent. Stop continuing the Soviet erasure of Ukrainians.
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Asking Ukraine not to honor literal fascists who collaborated with the Nazis and mass-murdered 100,000 civilians just because they stood in the way of creating an ethnically pure Ukraine is not a big ask. It SHOULD be the starting point for accession to the EU.
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You are correct that this is a significant issue for Poland, given it is a domestic affair. However, it carries no weight for Ukraine. There is no reason to involve Ukraine in your internal political disputes.
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Are you claiming that there were no crimes on both sides?
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The document also told Poland that their historical grievances will not affect membership.
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Just as I predicted. Keep calm. Discuss in EU Parliament. Carry on. Poland has nothing to worry about is this situation. UPA is now European issue.
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You didn't read the document, did you? Poland got told to sit down a shut up.
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Yep. Zelensky and Budanov propably thought that they could just bully Poland, and isolate it similarly to Orban's Hungary with other countries automatically taking their side. Didn't work.
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Ukraine will never be in the EU. Perhaps that’s the intention behind these historical grievance sideshows
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Poland is officially glorifying Armija Krajowa who committed war crimes and ethnic cleansing of Ukrainians, Lithuanians and other. Also Poland glorifies antisemits like Roman Dmowski with monument in Warsaw.
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And told Poland to get over their pseudo-history and get on board with "forward thinking" Ukraine.
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That’s a word salad that says no it’s not part of an accession requirement or it would mean a whole lot of other European nations to work on their own sins, but yeah Poland, we think from your perspective this is sort of uncool, but really half the propaganda around it has been false or not properly investigated, so yeah, work it out with Ukraine because they have plenty to be upset with about Poland when we talk about history.
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To była celowa prowokacja. Ukraina nie jest zainteresowana wejściem do UE, jej obecny system w dużej mierze opiera się na wpływach oligarchów i korupcji. Aby wyjaśnić opinii publicznej, dlaczego proces akcesyjny nie posuwa się naprzód, odpowiedzialność przerzuca się na Polskę.
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Realpolitik: it's more efficient to add an an insipid note of "regret" to appease one political grouping of hypocritical cowards who don't even have the balls to stand up to their own domestic neo-fascists. You got your little pat on the head. But it comes with much contempt.
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Вітаю. Ви перемогли. Оцю українську дитину і жінку ви не пустите в Євросоюз. Ви дуже сильна нація. Тільки така сильна нація, як ваша, може боротись з народом, який стікає кров'ю
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Прочитай фінальну заяву, там о Польщу член витерли. В ній наголосили, що використовувати старі образи щоб блокувати вступ нових членів ЄС не варто
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Polish minions act like russians: call any defeat as their victory.
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There's no symmetry between a genocide on poles 1939-1947 committed by UPA and by ukrainian civilians on polish civilians, most victims 2/3 of 100 000-120 000 were children, killed with extreme cruelty, often tortured, and 5 war crimes AK committed, agaisnt commanders orders.
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It is shocking that condemning nazi genocide is such a problem.
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Які ж ви брехливі. В огромній резолюції лише один пункт, присвячений волинобесію - де сказано, що жаль, що Польща так реагує на присвоєння імені і закликає жити по сусідські. Усе, ні засудження УПА, ні чогось про провокацію там нема. Саме тому ваш головний нацист голосував проти.
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Fryderyk Muszyński 🌍🇵🇱🕊️☸️⚛️✡️
@Fryderyk77777
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In 1921, by signing the Treaty of Riga with Bolsheviks, Poland effectively betrayed its alliance with Symon Petliura’s Ukrainian People’s Republic. The treaty established the Polish-Soviet border and destroyed any realistic chance for the UPR to preserve independent statehood. For the Ukrainian side, it was an act of betrayal: Poland treated an agreement with the Bolsheviks as more important than its earlier alliance with Petliura, while Ukrainian lands were divided between the Second Polish Republic and the Soviets. The most interesting paradox is that both today’s Ukraine and the Third Polish Republic refer to the legal continuity of those earlier state formations. Ukraine symbolically completed its continuity with the Ukrainian People’s Republic in 1992, when Mykola Plaviuk, the last president of the UPR in exile, transferred authority and state symbols to Leonid Kravchuk. Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada itself presents this act as the completion of the process of state continuity from the UPR to independent Ukraine. Similarly, after 1989, Poland invoked continuity with the Second Polish Republic through the London-based government-in-exile. On December 22, 1990, Ryszard Kaczorowski, the last president of the Republic of Poland in exile, handed Lech Wałęsa the presidential insignia of the Second Polish Republic, including the banner, seals, and the original copy of the April Constitution. #TreatyOfRiga #History #EasternEuropeHistory
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Replying to @StuartDowell_
Чому ніхто з пиздюків про цей шалений успіх не надає назву документу, номер документу та пункт , в якому написано те, про що вони пиздять. Першоджерело де?
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Is this the same EU parliament that has been expressing concerns since 2014?
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Nevertheless, this dispute is unfortunate. It a distraction from the ongoing horrors of Russia's war on Ukraine.
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It looks like they in 1 small paragraph regretted that Zelenski did not take into consideration sensetive Poles. I do not see anything binding here. On the other hand, all 26 pages promised solid support for Ukraine.
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x.com/TylkoEla/status/207233…
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EP resolutions are not legally binding and impose zero legal obligations on Ukraine or any other state.
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On July 8, 1946, in Terka (Bieszczady), WOP border troops killed 30+ Ukrainian civilians — mostly women & children — with extreme brutality. Some were herded into a house and burned alive; others shot on the spot.
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Replying to @StuartDowell_
Yes, point 34 regrets Zelenskyy’s UPA decision as an 'unnecessary and unprovoked escalation' that disregards Polish sensitivities on Volhynia and 'is not in line with European values'. It calls for de-escalation. But that’s one paragraph in a very long document that is overwhelmingly supportive of Ukraine — strong condemnations of Russia, calls for more military aid, sanctions, financial support, and clear backing for Ukraine’s EU accession path. Point 35 right after it says historical/bilateral issues shouldn’t be misused to obstruct merit-based progress. So Poland got a mild regret note tucked into the accession section. Not the big win you’re selling it as. Have you actually read the whole thing? europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc…
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вам вказали, що ви скажені і шкодують про це. навіщо вкладати стільки слів у виправдання? 🤡
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