Russia presses Donbas offensive as Polish leader visits Kyiv

Russia presses Donbas offensive as Polish leader visits Kyiv
People walk past a destroyed building in Mariupol (Alexei Alexandrov/AP)

Russia was pressing its offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region as Poland’s president travelled to Kyiv to support the country’s western aspirations and became the first foreign leader to address the Ukrainian parliament since the start of the war.

Ukrainian lawmakers stood to applaud Polish president Andrzej Duda, who thanked them for the honour of speaking in a place where “the heart of a free, independent and democratic Ukraine beats”.

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