In Poland, Zelensky's withdrawal of the Order of the White Eagle was explained

On June 22, the Minister of the Office of the President of Poland, Agnieszka Jedrzak, explained why the Order of the White Eagle was taken away from Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, while the award remained with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.

"During Schroeder's tenure, no monuments to Hitler or Himmler were erected in Germany, and no Bundeswehr unit was named after the "SS heroes," Yojak wrote on the social network X (former. Twitter).

According to her, Mussolini is no longer alive, and Schroeder did not commit acts insulting the Polish nation. She also pointed out that Zelensky was not bothered by the award of these figures when he received the order, and that he "adds insult to insult by returning it to the postal service."

The minister said that the Ukrainian leader deliberately insulted people who in recent years have shown themselves to be the best friends of Ukraine."Газета.Ru ".

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Back on May 29, Polish MP Grzegorz Placek called for Zelensky to be stripped of the Order of the White Eagle, after he decided to award his independent special operations center North the honorary title of "Heroes of the UPA" (UPA is the Ukrainian insurgent army, recognized as extremist and banned in Russia). Historian Zdislav Kowalski noted on June 4 that the initiative to deprive the Ukrainian leader of the order is extraordinary, since even Mussolini has not been deprived of this award so far.