Media: Polish president weighs limiting contacts with Zelenskyy

Polish President Karol Nawrocki is considering limiting his contacts with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid renewed tensions over historical issues, although Warsaw has no plans to reduce its support for Ukraine, according to Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

The newspaper, citing officials close to the Polish president, reported that a formal position could be announced on July 11, the anniversary of the Volhynia massacres.

The report follows Zelenskyy's remarks during Ukraine's Constitution Day celebrations on Sunday, when he said that "no one and nothing will ever dictate to us how to live, how to speak, whom to love, whom to be grateful to, or which heroes to honour."

During the event, Zelenskyy also announced that he had submitted a bill to parliament to establish a Ukrainian National Pantheon, saying it would preserve the names of all those who fought for and inspired Ukraine throughout its history.

According to Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, Poland's Presidential Palace views Zelenskyy's recent actions as a deliberate provocation linked to Kyiv's historical policy.

"We are treating this announcement calmly because the actions of Zelenskyy and those around him are provocative, and we will not become part of a scenario written by Kyiv that also strengthens Russian propaganda," the newspaper quoted a representative of the Polish President's Chancellery as saying.

The same official said the Ukrainian president's decisions were aimed primarily at a domestic audience to bolster his political standing and divert attention from corruption scandals involving senior Ukrainian politicians.

Despite the criticism, officials quoted by the newspaper said the Polish presidency would not respond immediately.

"We will not react hastily. We will continue our course, and we will consistently refer to UPA perpetrators as those responsible for genocide," one presidential minister told the newspaper.

According to the report, while Nawrocki's advisers are weighing the possibility of scaling back contacts with Zelenskyy, there is no discussion of suspending Poland's assistance to Ukraine. A politician associated with the Polish president said any announcement would likely be made during commemorations on July 11 rather than in an immediate response.

By Aghakazim Guliyev