The Battle Beyond the Battlefield: Winning Back Hearts

Ukraine’s wartime image in the West, once bolstered by its heroic resistance, is eroding — partly due to a historical dispute with Poland over the UPA’s legacy. After Zelensky named a unit after UPA figures tied to WWII massacres of Poles, tensions flared. The piece argues Ukraine needs pragmatic, durable solutions on historical memory, not nationalist rhetoric, to protect its EU membership prospects.