Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Addresses The U.S. Congress

 

Daily Mail: Zelensky urges Biden to be the 'leader of the world' and invokes MLK in heartbreaking speech telling Congress to 'do more': Tells US to shut the skies because it is 9/11 'every day' and says 'I stopped when the hearts of children stopped beating' 

* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a heartfelt plea for President Joe Biden and America to 'be the leader of the world' and to do so by promoting peace and defending it 

* Zelensky showed a video montage to Congress of the destruction and death in Ukraine 

* He also invoked U.S. tragedies like 9/11 and Pearl Harbor * 'The destiny of our country is being decided,' Zelensky said during his address as he urged the U.S. help establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine 

* Biden has been hesitant to take this action because experts warn it could lead to World War III 

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine is going through 9/11 and Pearl Harbor every day, urged the US to protect his skies as he invoked Martin Luther King and the Founding Fathers in a heart-wrenching speech to Congress on Wednesday morning. 

He also confronted President Joe Biden and told him to become the 'leader of the free world', demanded more sanctions for Russia to stop the 'war machine', asked for fighter jets and shared devastating footage of civilians being maimed in Kyiv as he called on lawmakers to 'do more' to protect his country. 

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 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Addresses The U.S. Congress  

Zelenskyy pleads to US Congress: ‘We need you right now’ -- AP  

Ukraine President Zelenskyy invokes Pearl Harbor, Sept. 11 in asking U.S. Congress to help fight Russia invasion -- CNBC  

Ukraine war: Zelensky invokes 9/11 in plea to US Congress -- BBC  

Ukraine's Zelenskyy addresses Congress, invokes 9/11, Pearl Harbor, MLK as he pleads for pivotal aid -- FOX News  

Ukrainian president asks Congress to ‘close the sky’ after Putin and Russia’s invasion -- The SUN 

In address to Congress, Zelensky urges no-fly zone over Ukraine to stop Russian 'terror' -- UPI