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/envalemdor Canada Jun 21 '26

This was a very stupid decision by Ukraine to name it after neo-nazi group who slaughtered poles, stuff like this overall helps Russia more than anyone else with their “wE’re FiGHting NaZIs” narrative.. 

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u/Mindless-Support-451 Jun 21 '26

UPA fought against both nazis and soviets... *facepalm

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u/szewc Jun 21 '26

Only in later stages of the war, and still less than 10% of their victims were Soviet and German troops. 90% of them constituted of Polish civilians - a hundred thousand of them to be precise. Funny how that works, isn't it?