Overview
- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha met Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski in Warsaw on July 3 and proposed a concrete package of measures to lower tensions.
- Sybiha's 'anti‑crisis' package calls for direct consultations between foreign ministries, a meeting of World War II expert historians, and outreach to religious leaders to promote reconciliation.
- The dispute began when Kyiv renamed a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and Poland's president revoked President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Order of the White Eagle, prompting reciprocal returns of Polish honours by Ukrainian officials.
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he has seen signals that Ukraine seeks to de‑escalate but urged Kyiv to confront difficult aspects of its past and warned Poland will be cautious about new aid pledges at the NATO summit.
- Officials from both countries stressed the need to avoid letting the row play into Russian interests and agreed to pursue wider cooperation on defence, border issues and Ukraine's reconstruction while the relationship remains fragile.