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

Wałęsa, who served as president soon after Poland embraced democracy, and the others tell Trump that they found it offensive that he expected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to show respect and gratitude for the material assistance the United States has given Ukraine as it defends itself against Russia’s invasion.

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

Legendary Polish anti-Communist Lech Wałęsa has slammed Donald Trump’s Oval Office attack on Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, comparing it to Soviet secret police tactics. Wałęsa, 81, signed a letter along with 38 other Poles who had been held captive by the Communist regime,

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

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.

In an extraordinary meeting that was broadcast live on Friday, Trump accused Zelenskiy of being ungrateful for U.S. aid, of showing disrespect to his country and of risking World

Former Polish President Lech Walesa, who won the Nobel prize for pro-democracy efforts, critically panned Trump's treatment of Zelenskyy at the White House.

Lech Wałęsa, former Polish president and leader of the Solidarity movement, along with 39 other former Polish political prisoners, has written a letter to US President Donald Trump expressing their "concern" over the atmosphere of his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.