> “Poles feel… that our effort, our multifaceted assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion has not been duly appreciated or understood,” Nawrocki said at a press conference during a visit to Warsaw by Zelensky.
> “That is what I conveyed during a firm, honest, but very cordial and courteous conversation with President Zelensky.”
> Zelensky responded by insisting that “Ukraine has always been grateful to Poland and will remain so.”
> He said Ukraine was “defending Europe” against Russia at a very high human cost.
> “Russia wants discord, wants to destroy such a strong alliance — the alliance of two nations, through many generations of Ukraine and Poland. We will not let them do it.”
> Nawrocki has previously demanded better cooperation concerning the massacres of around 100,000 Poles in the Volhynia region by Ukrainian nationalists between 1943 and 1945.
> Nawrocki says the massacres constituted genocide and has accused Kyiv of refusing to acknowledge responsibility.
> Warsaw also accuses it of dragging its feet on exhumations of the victims.
> On Thursday, Zelensky expressed goodwill over those issues.
> “The Polish side wants to speed up this process, the Ukrainian side is ready to take a step toward it. These are not just words, these are concrete measures,” he said.
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> “Poles feel… that our effort, our multifaceted assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion has not been duly appreciated or understood,” Nawrocki said at a press conference during a visit to Warsaw by Zelensky.
> “That is what I conveyed during a firm, honest, but very cordial and courteous conversation with President Zelensky.”
> Zelensky responded by insisting that “Ukraine has always been grateful to Poland and will remain so.”
> He said Ukraine was “defending Europe” against Russia at a very high human cost.
> “Russia wants discord, wants to destroy such a strong alliance — the alliance of two nations, through many generations of Ukraine and Poland. We will not let them do it.”
> Nawrocki has previously demanded better cooperation concerning the massacres of around 100,000 Poles in the Volhynia region by Ukrainian nationalists between 1943 and 1945.
> Nawrocki says the massacres constituted genocide and has accused Kyiv of refusing to acknowledge responsibility.
> Warsaw also accuses it of dragging its feet on exhumations of the victims.
> On Thursday, Zelensky expressed goodwill over those issues.
> “The Polish side wants to speed up this process, the Ukrainian side is ready to take a step toward it. These are not just words, these are concrete measures,” he said.