Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cited the attack on Pearl Harbor and the September 11 attacks on the US on Wednesday as he begged the US Congress for more aid to his fighting country. against Russian aggression.
Zelenskyy, who was greeted with three standing ovations from the legislator’s audience, demanded that the US implement a no-fly zone over Ukraine to deter Russian attacks.
“This has a lot of requirements to create a no-fly zone over Ukraine to save people?” “Is this too much to ask?” he said in the speech, which was transmitted remotely via video link from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
But acknowledging that Western countries are opposed to the idea of a no-fly zone, which Russia sees as an act of war, Zelenskyy said. “If this is too much to ask for, we offer an alternative.”
That includes additional weapons, sanctions and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, he said.
He also urged members of Congress to ask companies in their legislative areas to leave the Russian market “because this market is already in our blood.”
Zelenskyy was introduced for her speech by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
“Glory to the heroes,” Pelosi said in Ukrainian before beginning her speech.
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