Welsh politicians arrive in Ukraine on 'fact-finding' trip
Plaid Cymru's Adam Price and Labour's Mick Antoniw arrived on Saturday evening
Two Welsh politicians have arrived in Ukraine saying they're on a four day 'fact finding' trip and want to show solidarity with workers and minorities there.
Members of the Senedd, Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price and Labour's Mick Antoniw arrived in the capital Kiev on Saturday night.
They're part of a group which also includes UK trade union leaders, a journalist and an economist.
During their stay they will meet Ukrainian workers, LGBTQ+ people, ethnic minorities, and human rights defenders.
The group are in Ukraine despite the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office advising against all travel to the country as well as telling British nationals based there to leave.
Mr Antoniw said: “In too many of the discussions about the situation in Ukraine it is the people themselves who are being bypassed.
"We want to listen to what the Ukrainian people say and to show our solidarity with them.
"We stand by them and their right to determine their own future and to defend their country from Russian aggression and imperialism.”
Mr Price said: “The more the Ukrainian people are threatened by Russian aggression and imperialism the more urgent it becomes for socialists, democrats and internationalists to stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with them - in defence of their right to national self determination and in defiance of Putin’s warmongering.