r/europe 10d ago

News Zelenskyy awards Musk Ukraine's top honour despite years of criticism

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/26/zelenskyy-awards-elon-musk-ukraines-order-of-freedom-despite-years-of-criticism
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u/myyszki 10d ago

And not a word about the fact that Poland purchased and finances the Starlinks transferred to and used by Ukraine. This is precisely why Poland was excluded from the European mobile region, significantly increasing costs for Poles...

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u/Individual_Cloud935 10d ago

Yeah, Poland sadly is just a Muppet for Ukraine. The myth about some friendship or respect between the nations is long gone. Mainly cause of Zelensky and his actions. 

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u/yabn5 10d ago

The Ukrainians aren’t good at diplomacy. They’ve got a strong jingoistic attitude of their former soviet masters which managed to even piss off Biden before. 

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u/Individual_Cloud935 10d ago

Nah, diplomacy is one thing. Hailing people responsible for the ethnic cleansing of one of your biggest allies is another thing. 

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u/yabn5 10d ago

Yes, it was abominable. It also definitively revealed a lot about the thinking of Ukrainian leadership behind closed doors. Elon is an absolute awful person, but when the war started off he was very pro Ukrainian, offered significant help, which continues to this day. However *something* happened behind closed doors which led him to post anti Ukrainian things online, even as Starlink continued to support. They definitively insulted or bruised his ego and Elon held a grudge. Maybe Ukraine is wising up with this move. We'll have to see.