Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk commented on the change in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's flight route, as the Ukrainian President used a Moldovan airport for the first time in a long while instead of the Polish hub in Rzeszów. During a press conference, Tusk stated that he would not dictate from where or how Zelenskyy should fly, adding that Rzeszów airport was not closed, UNN reports.
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Responding to a question regarding President Zelenskyy usually using the airport in Rzeszów but now flying from Chișinău—whether this was a decision by Ukraine or perhaps an attempt at pressure due to the renaming of a Ukrainian brigade—Tusk replied: "President Zelenskyy is using options other than Rzeszów, and that is all. I will not dictate to him from where or how he should fly. Rzeszów was not closed."
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy granted one of the units of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine the title "named after the Heroes of the UPA."
Following this, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that the decision to grant the Ukrainian SOF unit the title "named after the Heroes of the UPA" causes concern regarding bilateral relations and touches upon historical sensitivities, adding that it "unnecessarily brings the issue of historical differences back to a rather alarming level." Meanwhile, the President of Poland's Institute of National Remembrance, Karol Nawrocki, stated that he is critical of the Ukrainian President's decision and believes Zelenskyy should be stripped of the Polish Order of the White Eagle.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha commented on the situation surrounding Poland's indignation over the Ukrainian President's decision to grant a Ukrainian Special Operations Forces unit the title "named after the Heroes of the UPA."
On June 8, during a stopover at the Chișinău airport, Zelenskyy spoke with representatives of the President of the United States, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.