{"id":13523,"date":"2026-06-23T09:44:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T09:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/13523\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T09:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T09:44:06","slug":"polish-presidential-office-received-the-white-eagle-returned-by-zelensky-ukraine-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/13523\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish presidential office received the White Eagle returned by Zelensky | Ukraine news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:500;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\">The presidential office accepted the returned insignia, but final publication requires Prime Minister Donald Tusk\u2019s signature and formal deposit of the certificate.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the Chancellery of the President of Poland received the Order of the White Eagle, which had been returned by President Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n<p>To complete the return of the order, the corresponding presidential decision signed by the prime minister must be published.<\/p>\n<p>According to Rafa\u0142 Le\u015bkiewicz, the order received by the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland has been entrusted for safekeeping to the Bureau of Awards and Appointments. Formally, the procedure for publishing the president\u2019s decision with the prime minister\u2019s signature should also take place.<\/p>\n<p>However, the formal procedure for publishing the president\u2019s decision with the prime minister\u2019s signature must also take place<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Rafa\u0142 Le\u015bkiewicz<\/p>\n<p>Return and Publication Procedure<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, is to sign the president\u2019s decision, after which the document will be published in Monitor Polski.<\/p>\n<p>Le\u015bkiewicz emphasized that the order awarded to Zelensky in 2023 cannot be re-assigned to anyone else, and the accompanying certificate loses its validity and, together with it, goes to the president\u2019s chancellery depository.<\/p>\n<p>The certificate loses validity, so the order, together with the certificate, goes to the president\u2019s chancellery depository<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 a spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>Reactions and Consequences<\/p>\n<p>On Friday evening, June 19, Polish President Karol Nawrocki decided to deprive President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle. He stressed that Poles know what war and the Russian threat are, while noting that Poles have a limit of patience that had been crossed.<\/p>\n<p>Poles have a limit of patience that had been crossed<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Karol Nawrocki<\/p>\n<p>On June 20, Zelensky announced that the Order of the White Eagle would be sent to the President of Poland by mail. The head of state stated that Ukraine remains open to all meaningful formats of cooperation with partners.<\/p>\n<p>In turn, high Polish honors were declined by Kyrylo Budanov, the Head of the Office of the President; Vasyl Bodnar, Ukraine\u2019s ambassador to Poland; Andriy Sibiga, Ukraine\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs; former presidents Leonid Kuchma, Viktor Yushchenko, Petro Poroshenko; former Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman; and former Ukrainian ambassador to Poland Vasyl Zvarych.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that the decision to deprive Zelensky of the order could affect international positions and provoke discussions among allies, while underscoring the decision\u2019s alignment with the positions of some Polish institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine confirms its readiness for dialogue and constructive engagement with partners, remaining open to various formats of cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The presidential office accepted the returned insignia, but final publication requires Prime Minister Donald Tusk\u2019s signature and formal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[64,9493,9494,101,9495,8539,9492,9349],"class_list":["post-13523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-donald-tusk","tag-donald-tusk","tag-donald-tusk-signature","tag-monitor-polski","tag-news","tag-poland-presidential-office","tag-white-eagle-order","tag-white-eagle-order-zelensky-returned-order-poland-presidential-office-donald-tusk-signature-monitor-polski","tag-zelensky-returned-order"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}