Kiev mayor: Ukraine will not forget Poland’s help

Ukraine will not forget Poland’s support amid Russia's invasion, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a video message streamed during a session of the Warsaw Council.

Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski (right), Chairwoman of the Warsaw City Council Ewa Malinowska-Grupińska (left) and Volodymyr Klitschko (centre), who accepted the Honorary Citizen of Warsaw award on behalf of his brother, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, during a ceremonial session of the Warsaw City Council at the Starzynski Hall of the Palace of Cultur

Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka

On Sunday, the Warsaw City Council held a ceremonial session, during which medals of the honorary citizen were presented.

This year, they were received by Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Ukraine’s capital Kiev, and Prof Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, former Warsaw Mayor.

On behalf of the Ukrainian official, his brother Volodymyr Klitschko accepted the medal.

Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in his message: "Ukraine will never forget the help from Poland in the current situation of Russian aggression."

"We are fighting for our freedom, for the right to live in a democratic, free country," he said in the video message.

The ceremonial session is part of commemorative events taking place in Warsaw ahead of the 78th anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.

(ał)

Source: PAP