16 Jan, 2025 17:43

Zelensky accused of election interference in NATO nation

The Ukrainian leader has lashed out at a Polish presidential candidate who cast doubt over Kiev’s prospects of joining the EU

Politicians from Poland’s opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party have accused Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky of interfering in their country's upcoming presidential election.

The claim follows comments Zelensky made earlier this week about PiS presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki. The right-wing politician claimed last week that Kiev could have no future in the EU or NATO until it takes responsibility for the WWII Volhynia massacres. Regarded as a genocide in Poland, the mass murder spree saw up to 120,000 Poles, Jews, Roma, Armenians, including women and children killed by the nationalist Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA).

”If Ukraine is not in the EU and not in NATO, if there are no security guarantees for Ukraine, then Pan Nawrocki should start training, because it may turn out that he will have to take up arms,” Zelensky responded in an interview with local media during his visit to Poland on Wednesday.

https://www.rt.com/news/611018-poland-opposition-slams-zelensky/