The “Puppet State” Next Door – Polish Perceptions of Ukraine

By Chris Hann Warsaw is one of the most determined supporters of Kyiv in the war. However, attitudes in some segments of Polish society are highly critical, especially where memories of ethnic violence run deep and collective identities remain contested. Impressions from south-east Poland. The intermingling of western and eastern Slavs over many centuries is poorly understood, not only by outsiders but by the inhabitants of East-Central Europe themselves. Ordinary citizens make sense of this...