European Pravda: Zelenskyy flying via Poland for first time since relations deteriorated

For the first time since the row over the Order of the White Eagle, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is flying out on an official trip from Rzeszów Airport on Wednesday.

Source: European Pravda source

Details: The flight is scheduled to depart from the airport in the Polish city of Rzeszów at around 11:00 Kyiv time. The president is travelling to London.

Relations between Ukraine and Poland deteriorated significantly in late May and early June, when Polish President Karol Nawrocki decided to strip Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle over the naming of a Ukrainian military unit after heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA).

In response, Zelenskyy sent the decoration back to Nawrocki by post.

For reference: The UPA, or Ukrainian Insurgent Army, was a nationalist paramilitary organisation that fought for Ukrainian independence during and after World War II, primarily against Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

Background:

• On 7 June, Zelenskyy travelled to the United Kingdom via Chișinău Airport, having previously used Rzeszów Airport in Poland for overseas trips.
• Ukraine's Foreign Ministry later denied that the change of airport for Zelenskyy's trips had been politically motivated.
• All of the president's subsequent overseas trips departed from Moldova or Romania. It was not until late July that Zelenskyy flew into Lublin on his return from the United States, as he had a meeting with Donald Tusk scheduled there.

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