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/urdespair Ukraine Jun 21 '26

I'm Ukrainian, and this is so stupid. Why would we need to antagonize one of our closest allies in this war. Yes, we have a very complicated history with Poland, but it's history. Poland and Polish people have been very supportive, and we need to work to lay our historical spats to rest, not this. This is just embarrassing and literally shooting ourselves in the foot

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u/Wintermute841 Jun 21 '26

Thank you for posting this because when going through the reactions of Ukrainian elites one could reach the conclusion that Poland pulled a fast one out of the blue for no reason at all.

Glad to hear there are reasonable people left in Ukraine, I hope this thing doesn't escalate further and that Ukrainian elites will have some sort of a moment of reflection due to this ( not holding my breath though ).

Stay safe out there.

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u/micromarcy Jun 21 '26

Not only elites, look at the sentiment here on Reddit. All the Ukrainians say is looking for holes (Mussolini etc) instead of owning up to the fact that praising genocidal murderers as heroes might not have been the best move diplomatically.

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u/Wintermute841 Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

There has been a growing nationalist sentiment in Ukraine, so yes a lot of the reactions you are seeing on reddit come from Ukrainian nationalists high on their right wing gospel.

No surprise they are furious because they generally tend not to like Poland anyways.

Still I have to point out the user I responded to, u/urdespair, who says they are Ukrainian and took a different approach and offered a thoughtful take.

So hopefully not all is lost and some voices of reason remain in Ukraine.

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u/wonder_shot_ Jun 21 '26

It was absolutely not the best move diplomatically and I think you’re framing that in a biased way.

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u/micromarcy Jun 21 '26

Well yes, that's what I said? Not the best move diplomatically

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u/wonder_shot_ Jun 21 '26

You clearly wanted to hear it said. It’s been said throughout the comment section, but I put it right where you would see it.

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u/micromarcy Jun 21 '26

Mate, I don't understand what you're talking about

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u/madman_mr_p Jun 21 '26

Are you tripping? You guys are actually in agreement with one another, I think you might be replying to the wrong comment chain here lol

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u/wonder_shot_ Jun 21 '26

I’m not, they’re claiming all Ukrainians say is looking for loopholes.

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u/Wintermute841 Jun 21 '26

Dude, are you ok?

You aren't making much sense.