Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has returned Poland's highest state honour amid an escalating historical dispute between the two allies, after Polish President Karol Nawrocki stripped him of the award.
Zelenskiy said on X he had sent back the Order of the White Eagle, which he received in 2023 as a symbol of friendship between Poland and Ukraine.
While calling the decoration a symbol of Poland's "highest trust," he suggested it no longer held the same meaning after Nawrocki's decision.
