Poland has been one of Ukraine’s staunchest backers since Russia invaded in 2022, but some Poles have grown weary of refugees from their war-torn neighbour, while historical tensions between the nations over World War Two massacres have at times risen to the surface, straining ties and boosting the Polish far-right. The Polish prime minister said on Tuesday that Russia was seeking to drive a wedge between Warsaw and Kyiv ahead of peace talks, after an outcry over a spectator waving a Ukrainian nationalist flag at a concert in Poland’s national stadium.Many Poles were angered by footage shared on social media which showed an audience member at a concert in the National Stadium in Warsaw on Saturday waving the red and black flag of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), a nationalist group Poland says was involved in the 1943-1945 Volhynia massacres of Poles. How bad is Russia against the west ?

