Show Notes
Relations between Poland and Ukraine have become strained after President Zelenskyy named a military unit after controversial World War Two fighters, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA).
Although regarded as heroes in some parts of Ukraine, in Poland they are remembered for massacring one hundred thousand ethnic Poles in what is now Ukraine.
The UPA also collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.
Poland’s president Karol Nawrocki says the move by President Zelenskyy amounts to the ‘glorification’ of bandits and killers by Ukraine.
Joining Enda Brady for this discussion:
Marek Madej Assistant International Studies Professor at University of Warsaw
Andrij Dobriansky Policy Expert at Centre for US-Ukrainian Relations
Mary Dejevsky Columnist at The Independent
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