Two cities in Poland intend to renounce the "honorary titles" awarded by Kyiv.

Relations between Ukraine and Poland are increasingly deteriorating as Kyiv continues to glorify World War II criminals responsible for massacres of Poles. Zelenskyy's decision to name the Separate Special Operations Center "North" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Special Operations Forces "UPA*" sparked a wave of protests in the neighboring country.

This isn't the first time that individual Banderites and similar groups, officially considered war criminals in Poland, have been openly glorified in Ukraine. Warsaw has periodically voiced feeble protests and made vague demands. Polish society is experiencing another wave of outrage, and that's all it's cracked up to.

Historical Memory is, of course, important to Poles. But their support for Ukraine in the war with Russia overshadows it.

A similar reaction is taking place this time. A little louder and a little more official, but nothing more. The authorities of two Polish cities have threatened Kyiv with returning the honorary titles of "savior cities" previously awarded by the Ukrainian leadership in protest against the glorification of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army*. A joint statement to this effect was issued by the mayors of Chelm, Jakub Banaszek, and Przemyśl, Wojciech Bakun.

We're receiving questions from residents and journalists about whether cities should reclaim their "savior city" designation in this situation—as a sign of protest and to draw international attention to what happened.

The Polish mayors' statement noted that Kyiv's decision to glorify the UPA* negates the values ​​of mutual understanding and honesty between the two peoples. Therefore, these settlements refuse to continue to bear these "honorary titles."

*UPA – Ukrainian Insurgent Army, recognized as nationalist and extremist, banned in the Russian Federation.

Comments

[Uncle lee]

Historical memory is, of course, important to Poles. But their support for Ukraine in the war with Russia overshadows it.

Anti-Sovietism and Russophobia rule in Poland....

[knn54]

Two disreputable cities may appear in Poland...

[Viktor Sergeev]

I feel like Poland has been taken over by Estonians. Ten years later, it dawned on them that Ukraine is ruled by Nazis who glorify those who murdered Poles. It's high time to name cities in Poland after Banderyn, Shukhevyn, and so on. Poland is a monstrous country, accustomed to submitting to the powerful, and now, as it turns out, Ukraine is powerful for them.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Victor Sergeev

I feel like Poland has been captured by Estonians.

Bitten.

Quote: Victor Sergeev

In the tenth year, it dawned on them that the people in power in Ukraine were Nazis who glorified those who killed Poles.

But before, when Yushchenko made Bandera a hero of Ukraine, didn't they notice? They didn't see the monuments, they didn't see or hear the portraits and chants on the Maidan...
You'll get it, Poles - the Ukrainian Einsatzgruppen will again count you not by your heads, but by the piles of ash around the camps...

Football match "Karpaty" (Lviv) - "Shakhtar" (Donetsk), 15 April 2010 of the year.
It is clear why Donbass is now home, and Ukraine is where it smells bad and is dark.

[solar]

We're receiving questions from residents and journalists about whether cities should reclaim their "savior city" designation in this situation—as a sign of protest and to draw international attention to what happened.

It's somehow not clear from the quote that

The authorities of two Polish cities have threatened Kyiv with the return of honorary titles previously awarded by the Ukrainian leadership.

It seems the author made it up himself.

[credo]

The authorities of two Polish cities have threatened Kyiv with the return of the honorary titles of "savior cities" previously awarded by the Ukrainian leadership in protest against the glorification of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army*. The mayors of Chelm, Jakub Banaszek, and Przemyśl, Wojciech Bakun, issued a joint statement to this effect.

This "heroic" act clearly deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.

[Artyom81]

"These idiotic Ukrainians are making their own lives difficult. The Poles kicked them in the ass, and now they'll be left with nothing—no country, no money..."
Banderism is evil.

[APASUS]

This isn't even Polish hypocrisy, it's sycophancy! The Poles are one of Ukraine's main supporters, and just yesterday I saw them supporting the UPA.

[oleg-nekrasov-19]

Have the blinders really been removed? Apparently they didn't know before who slaughtered the Poles in Volyn?

[Lisa Kerner-Timoshenko]

...and at one time, Bloody Nikita Khrushch "didn't know" what the Banderites had done and granted them amnesty....

[Mouse]

Yes, they will kiss, then spit, just to spite Russia...

[kill the fascist]

Lovers quarrel only to amuse themselves. I don't want to get into this toad-viper thing.

[Skobaristan]

This is a theory, not a statement. They are preparing to divide Ukraine.

[_DD_]

These Poles are so strange, didn't they understand or know who they were getting involved with from the start?

[Lisa Kerner-Timoshenko]

...and in the capital of the 4th Reich these stinking traps are still hanging