welcome to bbc news. you stood with us shoulder to shoulder the words of ukraine s president, volodymr zelensky on his first official visit to neighbouring poland. the nato country has been one of kyiv s strongest backers during the conflict with russia taking in millions of refugees and supplying arms. and that loyalty has been on show in warsaw president zelensky welcomed here with full military honours. from his polish counterpart renewed backing for ukraine s bid to join the western military alliance. speaking at a press conference with president zelensky, the president of poland and zhey duda said more polish fighterjets will make way to ukraine soon. translation: four fighterjets, translation: four fighter “ets, hundreds of i translation: four fighter “ets, hundreds of an i translation: four fighter “ets, hundreds of an error, translation: four fighterjets, hundreds of an error, brings - translation: four fighterjets, hundreds of an error, brings the | hundred
large power gobbling it up, essentially and threatening it. we have lived with russia for 500 years and russia has not changed, so nothing new for us. but and russia has not changed, so nothing new for us. nothing new for us. but are you preparing nothing new for us. but are you preparing yourselves nothing new for us. but are you preparing yourselves for - nothing new for us. but are you preparing yourselves for the - nothing new for us. but are you | preparing yourselves for the fact that with this border, the way you are situated in the region, whether the us is with you or not, you have to deal with these issues in your region. to deal with these issues in your reuion. , , . , to deal with these issues in your reuion. , . , , region. absolutely, which is why we should stand region. absolutely, which is why we should stand up region. absolutely, which is why we should stand up european region. absolutely, which is why we should stand up european defence i region. absolute
prime minister of european affairs said today, and this was the quote carried in the new york times, i don t think germany can lead on the russian issue. it s been leading the normandy format over the last eight years. . .. do you think that germany is undermining european cohesion? i undermining european cohesion? i think there is the risk of that, certainly we are perceiving that to be the case here. we read with a great be the case here. we read with a great deat be the case here. we read with a great deal of concern about the british great deal of concern about the british flights that didn t overfly germany in order to get to ukraine and not germany in order to get to ukraine and not to germany in order to get to ukraine and not to raise the issue with germans and not to raise the issue with germans and put them in a difficult issue. germans and put them in a difficult issue. i germans and put them in a difficult issue, i think some non lethal aid did fiv issue, i th