The long history of Poland’s “Ukraine fatigue”
New Statesman · 14 Nov 2026

The long history of Poland’s “Ukraine fatigue”

The Order of the White Eagle – Poland’s highest state decoration – is small enough to fit in an A4-sized box. Four such boxes were returned to Warsaw from Kyiv on 20 June as Poland’s president, Karol Nawrocki, stripped Volodymyr Zelensky of the honour. The Ukrainian president received the state decoration on 5 April 2023 during a ceremony in Warsaw recognising the deepening relations between Poland and Ukraine.


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