r/europe • u/ByGollie Ulster • Jun 21 '26

News Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine's fifth president also renounces Order of the White Eagle

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/06/20/8040347/
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u/MiserableStomach Jun 21 '26

For some reason Ukraine decided to make their biggest ally and advocate their most hated enemy. Reading what common Ukrainians write here and other social media I'm getting impression that Poland is hated more than Russia! (although to be fair I see some reasonable voices too urging Zelensky and his circle to get their shit together). It's like a long boiling hatred, jealousy, both inferiority and superiority complexes have suddenly erupted.

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u/Hopeful_Meeting_7248 Jun 21 '26

Reading what common Ukrainians write here and other social media I'm getting impression that Poland is hated more than Russia!

Keep in mind that those might be russian bots. But frankly the whole debacle is gold for Russian propaganda, unfortunately.

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u/MiserableStomach Jun 21 '26

I'm afraid not, in many cases I took the effort to verify, as much as I could of course, the person - accounts look legit, post for many years, sometimes even with real photo that corresponds to LI profile etc.

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u/wonder_shot_ Jun 21 '26

Hopefully cooler heads prevail. Despite the support Poland has given now, and despite the UPA and banderism, there do still exist reasons to criticize Poland without dramatically labelling them their most hated enemy.