23 jun 2026
Zelenskyy to skip Ukraine recovery conference amid spat with Poland
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko on Tuesday announced she will lead Kyiv’s delegation to this week’s Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy set to skip the event amid a growing diplomatic dispute with his Polish counterpart, Karol Nawrocki. “I am leading Ukraine’s delegation and our overall work at the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 in Gdańsk,” wrote Svyrydenko on X .
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Ukraine’s president will not attend after sparking Polish ‘outrage’ over naming of military unit Europe live latest updates Volodymyr Zelenskyy will skip a high-level conference on the postwar reconstruction of Ukraine amid a deepening rift with Poland over his naming of a military unit for one that killed tens of thousands of Poles during the second world war. Ukraine’s president had been expected to co-host the Ukraine Recovery Conference, which begins in the Polish coastal city of Gdańsk on Thursday, but the Ukrainian delegation will instead be led by the prime minister, Yulia Svyrydenko.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy to skip postwar conference amid tensions with Poland
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