Top Polish leaders to visit White House hoping to spur US to up Ukraine help

US President Joe Biden, right, is greeted by Polish President Andrzej Duda at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw in February (Evan Vucci/AP)

US President Joe Biden is hosting Poland’s president and prime minister for White House talks as the leaders look to press Washington to break its impasse over replenishing funds for Ukraine.

Ahead of the visit, Polish President Andrzej Duda called on other members of the Nato alliance to raise their spending on defence to 3% of their GDP as Russia puts its own economy on a war footing and pushes forward with its plans to conquer Ukraine.