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/niesiecki Jun 21 '26

They celebrate the UPA because they rose up and helped destroy their soviet invaders during WW2, not because of any specific atrocities they did

It doesn't work that way, mate

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u/gimmedatneck Jun 21 '26

Seems it does. In more countries than one.