Poland's Foreign Minister called the dispute with Ukraine a cause for celebration for Russia

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski stated that, due to various statements and actions by Warsaw and Kyiv, Russia may be satisfied with how it has managed to pit Poles and Ukrainians against one another. 

This comment came as Poland prepares to observe the National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Volhynia Tragedy on July 11. Joint commemorative events between the two countries will most likely not take place, and the main events will be held in Chełm and Warsaw.

The head of the Polish Foreign Ministry emphasized that history cannot be changed and no victim can be brought back to life. According to him, the only thing the parties can do is to better understand their own history and reconcile for the sake of a shared future, rather than destroying one another.

This was reported by RMF FM.

In response to the Polish president’s actions, Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga stated that he would return his state award to Poland.

Dnipro Mayor Boris Filatov reacted to Polish President Karol Nawrocki’s decision to revoke Poland’s highest state award, the Order of the White Eagle, from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He called the Polish leader a liar and a manipulator.

Oleg Tyahnybok, leader of the All-Ukrainian Union “Svoboda,” recalled the events in the village of Sahryn—now a village in Poland’s Lublin Voivodeship—where between 600 and 1,240 Ukrainians were killed and tortured in March 1944.