Biden Visits Poland to Express Support Amid Refugee Crisis Due to Russia–Ukraine War

President Joe Biden meets service members from the 82nd Airborne Division, who are contributing alongside Polish Allies to deterrence on the Alliances Eastern Flank, in the city of Rzeszow in southeastern Poland, on March 25, 2022. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

President Joe Biden visited Poland on Friday in an expression of support for the NATO member nation amid the Russia–Ukraine war, and to thank Poles for having welcomed Ukrainian refugees who fled after Russia’s invasion.

More than 3.5 million Ukrainians have fled the country since the Feb. 24 invasion, of which over 2.2 million have entered Poland, according to the United Nations.