'Your friend Putin': Salvini confronted during border visit

Associated Press

The Mayor of Przemysl, Wojciech Bakun, left, holds up a t-shirt with the likeness of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the words "The Russian Army

The Mayor of Przemysl, Wojciech Bakun, left, holds up a t-shirt with the likeness of Russian President Vladimir Putin as Italy's League Party leader, Matteo Salvini, right, speaks with journalists outside the train station in Przemysl, Poland, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Matteo Salvini was confronted Tuesday by the mayor of Przemysl, Wojciech Bakun, during a news conference outside the train station where many of the more than 2 million refugees from war in Ukraine have come in recent days. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Italy's League Party leader, Matteo Salvini, speaks with journalists outside the train station in Przemysl, Poland, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Matteo Salvini was confronted Tuesday by the mayor of Przemysl, Wojciech Bakun, during a news conference outside the train station where many of the more than 2 million refugees from war in Ukraine have come in recent days. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

The Mayor of Przemysl, Wojciech Bakun, left, holds up a t-shirt with the likeness of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the words "The Russian Army" as Italy's League Party leader, Matteo Salvini, right, speaks with journalists outside the train station in Przemysl, Poland, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Matteo Salvini was confronted Tuesday by the mayor of Przemysl, Wojciech Bakun, during a news conference outside the train station where many of the more than 2 million refugees from war in Ukraine have come in recent days. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

The leader of Italy's right-wing League party was called out by the mayor of a Polish town for his pro-Kremlin views.

Hundreds of thousands of refugees have arrived in Przemysl since Russia launched its war against Ukraine on February 24.

The T-shirt that the mayor wore was similar to one that he had worn in the past.

To see what your friend Putin has done, Bakun wanted to personally escort Salvini to a refugee center.

He interrupted the speaker and said: "We are helping refugees, children, moms, dads, from Ukraine."

He has denied taking money from the Kremlin, despite praising Putin in the past as one of the best statesmen.

Some people called him a buffoon.

More than half of the 2 million refugees who fled the Russian army's shelling of its cities arrived in Poland.

The mayor of a Polish town near the Ukraine border confronted Matteo Salvini, an Italian rightist politician, on Tuesday, accusing him of being a friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Video of the encounter went viral on Italian social media, with political opponents laughing at the fact that the mayor of Przemysl had a T-shirt with the face of the Russian leader on it. Speaking in Polish, Bakun said he wanted to go with him to the border and a refugee camp to see what Putin had done.
The mayor of Przemysl, a Polish town next to Ukraine, shamed Matteo Salvini, who once lavished praise on Putin.
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