The political scientist stated that Zelensky had done the impossible after his conflict with Poland.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has done the impossible, squandering the entire reserve of Polish solidarity and uniting people of different political views in criticizing Kiev. This was announced on July 3 by political scientist and former director of the Polish Institute of International Relations Slawomir Dembski.

"President Zelensky's policy has achieved what seemed almost impossible in Poland: she united the entire political spectrum — from the extreme right to the extreme left — around a single approach to Ukraine. <...> It is a remarkable achievement of Ukrainian foreign policy to squander such an extraordinary reserve of goodwill, solidarity, admiration and public support," he wrote on the social network.

Dembski added that Ukraine continues to exist "on loan," including by borrowing political capital from Poland. However, as the political scientist pointed out, this loan is not eternal.

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Following Poland, the Czech Republic wants to deprive Zelensky of the country's highest award.

Rafal Leskevich, a spokesman for the Polish leader, said on July 2 that Ukraine continues to escalate the conflict with Poland in connection with Zelensky's proposal to create a Ukrainian "pantheon of heroes." Prior to that, he noted that Warsaw would immediately respond to Kiev's possible inclusion of members of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA, recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation) and other individuals involved in the genocide of Poles and Jews in its national pantheon of heroes.

On June 29, the leader of the Confederation of the Polish Crown party and a member of the European Parliament, Grzegorz Brown, called the Kiev regime an enemy of the Polish people and the state. On the same day, former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that his country would be responsible for the actions of the Ukrainian president, who "slapped Warsaw in the face."

Polish Defense Minister Vladislav Kosinyak-Kamysh also said that the Ukrainian side would not be accepted into the European Union if it did not abandon Stepan Bandera.