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Polish President Karol Nawrocki has decided to strip his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, of Poland's highest state honour, the Order of the White Eagle. The decision follows a diplomatic row after Zelenskyy named a Ukrainian special forces unit after the UPA, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, which Poland holds responsible for the World War II killing of around a hunder thousand Polish civilians. Critics warn the dispute plays into the hands of Russia's Vladimir Putin.

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow has reportedly lost some 1,400,000 troops, according to Ukraine’s Armed Forces General Staff.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued a stark warning to Belarus, demanding that military equipment near Ukraine's border be withdrawn within a week or, he says, Kyiv will act.

Host: Sally Jastrzębska

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1. Reminds me of a Polish joke from shorly after the war started:

A Ukrainian man in uniform walks into a bar, and sees an American, a Frenchman, a Brit, and a Pole - all young guys in good shape that looked as though they had military training.

"Thank goodness!" he thinks - and introduces himself, asking them if they'll join him in fighting for his country at Mariupol.

"You bet, buddy!" the American says. "This fight is for truth, justice - and the American way. Count me in!"

"Absolument!" says the Frenchman. "Zis fight is for ze dignity of man, and ze human condition. Allons-y!"

"Right you are, my good chap." the Englishman adds. "It's about bloody time we give those bloody Russkies a bloody nose!"

"Sure," says the Polish guy, shrugging bit. "I'm lonely, and my mother is always telling me that I need to Marry-a-Pole."