Zelenskyy Skips Poland Reconstruction Conference He Negotiated

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will not attend the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk on June 25–26, sending Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal instead. The decision follows an undisclosed diplomatic dispute with Warsaw. Zelenskyy negotiated the conference's hosting with Poland in February, making his absence a stark signal of rapid bilateral deterioration. Poland has been Ukraine's most consistent wartime ally—hosting Europe's largest Ukrainian refugee population and serving as the primary weapons corridor. The symbolic weight of his no-show risks undermining donor confidence in the reconstruction effort's political foundation.