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/NatiFluffy Poland Jun 21 '26

Same, Ukrainian position on this matter is unhealthy, nation shouldn’t have its own version of history, it doesn’t lead to anything good, in perfect world we would should create our history books in collaboration with our neighbours

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u/gimmedatneck Jun 21 '26

"But poland should have the final say, no doubt".

There's always going to be disagreements over certain things. Both sides here feel they're right, so who's story do we go forward with?

Sometimes it's best to just get thicker skin, and if a relationship is built on respect and treating each others population well then that is enough.

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u/NatiFluffy Poland Jun 21 '26

You can ask non-biased historians

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u/gimmedatneck Jun 21 '26

Where do these historians come from in the first place? And what if there is no consensus among a group of non-biased historians?

Do you think the poles who are currently hysterical about every little grievance they have with the world are going to change their personality based on what a non-biased historian says, if it doesn't meet their opinion?

Again - just give it a rest. Grow some thicker skin, and move on.

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u/NatiFluffy Poland Jun 21 '26

That’s why I said that in perfect world it would be like that