Ukraine war: Poland pledges more jets to Ukraine as Zelensky visits

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has visited Poland, arsenic his hosts promised to nonstop much combatant jets to Ukraine.

President Andrzej Duda said helium would nonstop Poland's remaining fleet of MiG-29 jets "if determination is inactive specified a need".

Mr Zelensky thanked the state for its enactment against Russia's invasion.

It came arsenic Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Western quality services of being progressive successful panic attacks connected Russia.

Speaking astatine the Kremlin's information council, Mr Putin did not springiness immoderate grounds but said: "There is each crushed to accidental that the resources of 3rd countries, Western quality services, are engaged successful the mentation of specified sabotage and acts of terrorism."

Mr Zelensky arrived successful Warsaw connected Wednesday greeting - marking his archetypal authoritative sojourn to Poland since Russia's penetration of Ukraine past year.

Poland has been a cardinal state successful supporting Ukraine and is usually astatine the forefront successful pushing for arms supplies to its neighbour.

It was the archetypal state to pledge Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, and connected Wednesday committed much Soviet-era MiG-29 combatant jets.

Mr Duda reiterated the state firmly supported Kyiv's bid to articulation Nato and said helium was trying to get "additional guarantees, information guarantees, which volition fortify Ukraine's subject potential".

Earlier, Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that for Ukraine to articulation Nato, the state would person to beryllium autarkic and antiauthoritarian - 2 criteria presently incapable to beryllium fulfilled arsenic a effect of Russia's invasion.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has antecedently utilized Ukraine's tendency to articulation Nato arsenic a justification for the invasion.

Mr Zelensky's sojourn came arsenic Poland's agriculture curate resigned arsenic farmers kick astir inexpensive Ukrainian grain.

Poland has been gripped by a question of protests implicit the information that Ukrainian atom is reducing the marketplace terms of Polish grain, and farmers reason the EU should supply assistance.

Agriculture minister, Henry Kowalczyk said his determination to resign was prompted by a caller EU connection to widen the taxation breaks connected imports of the Ukrainian grain.

He said helium he did not judge the "basic demands of the farmers volition not beryllium met by the commission", aft Warsaw requested assistance from the EU to minimise the interaction of Ukrainian atom connected the market.

Mr Zelensky besides addressed the contented during his visit, telling reporters that helium expected decisions soon that would alleviate the farmers' anger.

"We person recovered a mode out," helium said. "I judge that successful the coming days and weeks we volition yet resoluteness each issues arsenic determination cannot beryllium immoderate questions, immoderate complications betwixt specified adjacent partners and existent friends arsenic Poland and Ukraine."

While the 2 leaders met successful Warsaw, Mr Putin took purpose astatine Western information services, accusing them of having helped Kyiv signifier "terror attacks".

He besides accused Ukraine of committing crimes against Russian officials and journalists with the assistance of Western resources successful a televised gathering with officials.

Mr Putin's comments travel conscionable 3 days aft the death of pro-military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, who was killed successful St Petersburg. Russia has charged the fishy successful the onslaught with terrorism.