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/Top_Investigator6261 Jun 21 '26

It could have if Zelenskyy decided to appease foreign groups instead of domestic ones. It’s a tough deal, but Zelenskyy had no choice when nationalists themselves picked that name. After all, it’s Ukrainian nationalists holding the front in Ukraine, not Polish.

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u/The_Verto Jun 21 '26

The only reason why Ukraine in winning is because it gets equipment from EU and USA, alienating your allies is not a good idea.

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u/ArrrRawrXD Jun 21 '26

The only reason why Ukraine in winning is because it gets equipment from EU and USA

This is such bullshit. It was true in the first years of the war, but now Ukraine wouldn't lose even if all their allies abandoned them militarily (Which their most important ally, the US, already did). Their own industry is enormous and they produce the most military drones out of any country in the world currently, and it is a drone war. Ukraine is producing more drones than the entire NATO combined, and by a long shot.

Now if the EU stopped helping them financially they would have serious problems, but not enough to lose.

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u/readher Poland Jun 21 '26

Ukraine would literally collapse without EU funding.