Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not attend the Ukraine Recovery Conference, so Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko led Kyiv’s delegation in Gdańsk on Thursday.
- Polish President Karol Nawrocki revoked the Order of the White Eagle after Ukraine named a military unit for the World War II‑era Ukrainian Insurgent Army, a group Poland accuses of mass killings of Poles.
- The European Union released the first tranche of its 90 billion‑euro support loan to Ukraine, reported at about 3–3.2 billion euros, and Ukraine said it expects to sign roughly 160 agreements worth over 10 billion euros at the summit.
- Polish public opinion has shifted against Kyiv and commentators say Nawrocki’s actions reflect domestic political positioning that could translate into tougher Polish stances during EU accession talks.
- The dispute layers onto long‑running historical grievances over the UPA and arrives as Ukraine seeks hundreds of billions of euros for reconstruction, a dynamic that could weaken allied unity and give Moscow a diplomatic opening.