The letter comes amid heightened tensions in U.S.-Ukraine relations as Washington debates continued military aid to Kyiv.

Nobel Peace Prize-winner Lech Walesa posted the letter, which was signed by 39 Polish former political prisoners, on Facebook on Monday.

Poland’s democracy hero Lech Wałęsa and 38 other former political prisoners in Poland have told President Donald Trump that his treatment of Ukraine’s president at the Oval Office last week filled them “with horror and distaste.

They recalled the commitments of the Budapest Memorandum.

The Nobel Peace Prize-winner posted the text of the letter, which was signed by 39 Polish former political prisoners, on Facebook.

The former Polish president's letter expressed "fear and distaste" regarding Trump and Zelenskyy's contentious White House meeting on Feb. 28, 2025.

Arguably one of the greatest proponents of Democracy of the 20th Century, Lech Wałęsa has written to Donald Trump over Ukraine

Atmosphere in Oval Office reminded us of what we remember well from interrogations' during communist-era Poland, says joint letter signed by Walesa and 30 former Polish political prisoners - Anadolu A

Lech Walesa, former Polish President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, criticized U.S. President Donald Trump in a letter regarding his dispute with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The letter was co-signed by former Polish political prisoners and shared on social media.

Lech Walesa and dozens of other former political prisoners in Poland have written a letter to President Trump, stating they found his behavior toward Zelensky offensive.

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