{"id":1408153,"date":"2026-06-21T17:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T14:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/this-is-a-strategic-mistake-tusk-warned-about-the-consequences-of-the-political-confrontation-between-ukraine-and-poland\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T17:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T14:56:14","slug":"this-is-a-strategic-mistake-tusk-warned-about-the-consequences-of-the-political-confrontation-between-ukraine-and-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/this-is-a-strategic-mistake-tusk-warned-about-the-consequences-of-the-political-confrontation-between-ukraine-and-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThis is a strategic mistake\u201d: Tusk warned about the consequences of the political confrontation between Ukraine and Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called for a political conflict between Poland and Ukraine to be avoided. According to him, such a confrontation would cause losses for both countries in the business, geopolitical and reputational spheres.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> He wrote about this in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/donaldtusk\/status\/2068676008237043749\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Tusk said that drawing Polish and Ukrainian politicians into the conflict is a strategic mistake.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Getting involved in a conflict between politicians in Poland and Ukraine is a strategic mistake that will cost both sides: in business, geopolitical and reputational terms. And in politics, as we know, a mistake is worse than a crime,&#8221; Tusk said.<\/p>\n<p> The Polish Prime Minister also noted that during talks with European partners he is trying to reduce the negative consequences of the situation.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;I am trying to minimize losses and reduce tension, but this is not an easy task,&#8221; said Donald Tusk.<\/p>\n<p> \t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/zelensky-sent-the-order-of-the-white-eagle-to-poland-via-nova-poshta\/\">Zelensky sent the Order of the White Eagle to Poland via Nova Poshta<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\nRecall that Polish President <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/prezydent-polshchi-pozbavyv-zelenskoho-ordena-biloho-orla-z-iavylas-reaktsiia-mzs\/\">Karol Nawrotsky signed a decision<\/a> to deprive Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle in connection with the awarding of the honorary title &#8220;named after the Heroes of the UPA&#8221; to the Separate Special Operations Center &#8220;North&#8221; of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> In response, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga announced that he would return the Commander&#8217;s Cross with the Star of the Order of Merit to Poland. At the same time, the head of the Presidential Office <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/skandal-iz-pozbavlenniam-zelenskoho-ordena-biloho-orla-budanov-ta-zhovkva-vidmovylys-vid-polskykh-derzhavnykh-nahorod\/\">, Kyrylo Budanov, and the deputy head of the Presidential Office, Ihor Zhovkva, announced the return of Polish state awards.<\/a> They made this decision after Polish President Karol Nawrotsky stripped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle.<\/p>\n<p> At the same time, former Ukrainian President Leonid <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ne-dlia-toho-ukraina-pryyniala-biy-vid-rosii-kuchma-vidmovyvsia-vid-ordena-biloho-orla\/\">Kuchma and third Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko refused the Order of the White Eagle<\/a> , which they received from Poland.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called for a political conflict between Poland and Ukraine to be avoided. According to him, such a confrontation would cause losses for both countries in the business, geopolitical and reputational spheres. He wrote about this in X. Tusk said that drawing Polish and Ukrainian politicians into the conflict is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1054256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76875,76885,76871],"class_list":["post-1408153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-policy","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1408153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1054256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1408153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1408153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}