Poland Calls for International Peacekeeping Mission in Ukraine

According to the leaders in the Tuesday meeting, they said,

"I believe that a NATO peace mission or a wider international treaty mission is needed, which will be able to defend itself and which will operate in Ukraine," Kaczynski said, according to the Polish Prime Minister's office. "I would like to refer to the consciences of European leaders, to the principles they proclaim, because Ukraine needs help."

On Wednesday, NATO's defense ministers meet in Brussels. 

As he arrived at NATO's headquarters in the Belgian capital Wednesday, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace said while details must be looked at before a decision can be made on peacekeeping forces, "we have to continue to show in action our support to Ukraine and its freedoms and not just talk."

It "will strive for peace, to provide humanitarian aid, but at the same time it will be protected by appropriate forces, armed forces," added Kaczynski, who is also the leader of the ruling conservative party in Poland and is considered the main strategist of government policy.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki again called on the EU to "very quickly give Ukraine candidate status" and added: "We will try to organize defensive weapons".

The three prime ministers, and Kaczynski, went to Kyiv to "confirm the unequivocal support of the entire European Union for the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to present a broad package of support for the Ukrainian state and society," said a statement posted on the Polish government's website.

Shortly after their arrival, Ukraine's deputy prime minister Shmygal praised "the courage of the true friends of Ukraine".

The European leaders traveled to Kyiv as Russian forces attempt to besiege the Ukrainian capital, which has been put under curfew, and their strikes hit some neighborhoods.