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Bitter Historical Feud Threatens Ukraine-Poland Alliance

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine signed a decree honoring World War II partisan fighters that has inflamed tensions with Warsaw. President Karol Nawrocki of Poland and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in December in Warsaw. Credit... Omar Marques/Getty Images By Maria Varenikova Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine June 21, 2026   Updated 2:07 p.m. ET The two neighbors wholeheartedly support allying with the West and cooperating closely on military affairs, and are fully in agreement today in opposing Russian expansionism. But history gets in the way. Tensions between Poland and Ukraine escalated sharply on Saturday over a rancorous dispute over the commemoration of World War II-era figures. Poland’s president, Karol Nawrocki, said he would revoke his country’s highest state award, which was given to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine — and then Mr. Zelensky said he would return it first. The blowup was set off by Mr. Zelensky’s signing of a decree on May 26 in hon...
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UKRAINE CONTINUES EFFORTS TO ISOLATE CRIMEA

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 From Quora Another Point of View ·  Following Posted by  Brent Cooper   6h ; see also UKRAINE CONTINUES EFFORTS TO ISOLATE CRIMEA For the last few weeks Ukraine has been isolating Crimea. And in turn isolating the troops in Southern Ukraine who are being supplied from Crimea. On Saturday, Ukrainian military conducted a series of strikes. These strikes were aimed at Russian military logistics and Russian military operations.. A primary target was a bridge over the Henichesk Strait. This bridge represents a primary route used by Russia to supply its military in southern Ukraine from Russian occupied Crimea. This is the fifth bridge from Crimea to the mainland that has been hit recently. Because the front lines are close to the bridges, the bridges are easy targets. In addition to the bridge, other military targets were his as well. . These strikes include a hit a Pantsir-S anti-aircraft system in the Zaporizhzhia region. In addition, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) co...
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Russia Faces Spreading Fuel Shortages After Ukrainian Drones Pummel Refineries

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Lines at gas stations are a growing headace for the onsequences of the four-year-old war [ original article contains an illustrative film:   Footage shared online this week shows smoke and flames spewing from a crucial Moscow refinery after a series of drone strikes. SOCIAL MEDIA/REUTERS ]  By  Alexander Osipovich The Wall Street Journal , June 20, 2026 8:44 am ET original article contains links Ukraine is pounding Russian oil refineries with long-range drone strikes, leading to restrictions on fuel sales, surging gasoline prices and huge lines of cars outside gas stations hundreds of miles from the front lines. This week, drones repeatedly hit a refinery in Moscow that produces more than one-third of the fuel supply for the Russian capital and the surrounding region. Videos of the latest attack posted to social media on Thursday showed a massive fireball erupting from a storage-tank explosion and several other fires raging across the complex. It was the latest in more ...
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