“I would like to thank all of Poland for your support, which is invaluable, and your solidarity, which helps to defend the freedom of all of our Europe,” Zelensky said, in the city of Lublin, where he met volunteers, but couldn’t do it. present with any Polish leader.

Zelensky, who returned from a visit to the United States and Canada, decorated Polish journalist Blanca Zalewska and volunteer Damian Duda.

“I am proud that Ukraine has such a strong neighbor. I want to thank him. I want to thank the entire Polish nation, all the people who from the first days opened their homes and families and helped,” declared the Ukrainian leader, quoted by the PAP agency.

“I believe that any challenge on our common path is nothing compared to the fact that there is so much strength between our people,” he added.

Relations between Kiev and Warsaw, one of Ukraine’s main allies, are going through a complicated period following the decision of the Polish government, three weeks before the holding of elections, to extend restrictions on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products under the pretext of protecting the interests of Polish farmers.

Last Monday, Ukraine filed a complaint against Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, countries which took the same decision, with the World Trade Organization.

On Tuesday, during a speech at the UN General Assembly in New York, Zelensky criticized countries that claim to support him, but in reality favor the Kremlin with their actions, statements that provoked outrage in Warsaw .

A meeting scheduled to take place on the sidelines of the General Assembly between Zelensky and Polish President Andrzej Duda was canceled, officially for agenda reasons.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki later announced that the country would stop supplying new weapons to Ukraine, limiting itself to pre-agreed deliveries and focusing on modernizing its own armed forces.