<p>“Gratitude is due to the heroic Ukrainian soldiers who shed their blood in defense of the values of the free world,” Mr. Walesa, who served as Poland’s first elected president after the collapse of Communism, and other signatories said, adding, “We do not understand how the leader of a country that is a symbol of the free world cannot see this.”</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/us/politics/lech-walesa-trump-letter.html?smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/03/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/lech-walesa-trump-letter.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>