Bartoszas Cichocki announced on Monday that he returned the second-class Order of Merit, which he was awarded for strengthening bilateral relations shortly after the Russian invasion in 2022, reports TVP World.
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This step was taken amid growing diplomatic tensions between Warsaw and Kyiv after V. Zelensky issued a decree on May 26 granting the elite special operations unit “North” the title of “UPA heroes.”
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