What to expect from Trump’s joint speech to Congress as he faces backlash over Zelenskyy meeting

The letter addressed to Trump said that Ukrainian soldiers have “been dying on the frontline for more than 11 years in the name of these values and independence of their Homeland, which was attacked by Putin’s Russia.”

“We do not understand how the leader of a country that is the symbol of the free world cannot see it,” it said.

The letter, also signed by former political prisoners, said that their panic over Trump’s meeting with Zelenskyy was “caused by the fact that the atmosphere in the Oval Office during this conversation reminded us of one we remember well from Security Service interrogations and from the debate rooms in Communist courts.”

“They deprived us of our freedoms and civil rights because we refused to cooperate with the government and our gratitude,” they added, saying they were “shocked” at how Zelenskyy was treated.