During a visit to Lviv on Thursday, Sikorski announced that Poland would fully fund the reconstruction of a townhouse and a school damaged earlier this month in Russian strikes on the Ukrainian city near the Polish border.
He said this assistance reflects Poland's solidarity with the Ukrainian people and called on NATO and the democratic world to accelerate the delivery of crucial air and missile defense systems to aid Ukraine in its ongoing battle against Russia.
Accompanied by Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi, Sikorski laid flowers at a memorial for victims of the September 4 missile strikes, which claimed the lives of seven people, including three children, and devastated parts of Lviv.
He condemned the attacks on civilian infrastructure as war crimes and reiterated Poland's pledge, initially made by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, to restore historic buildings in Lviv as a symbol of solidarity with Ukraine.
The Polish foreign minister traveled to Ukraine following a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Warsaw.
During a joint press conference in the Polish capital on Thursday, Sikorski and Blinken stressed the importance of the West's continued support for Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression and the need to keep up pressure on the Kremlin to bring an end to the war, Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform reported.
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Source: IAR/PAP/Ukrinform/MSZ
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