War in Ukraine: President Zelensky Addresses Congress - Full Speech

March 16, 2022: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses Congress about the Russian invasion of his country in a virtual address to Congress today. Ukrainian President Zelensky appealed to US President Joe Biden to be the “leader of peace” in a historic address to Congress via a video link. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an impassioned plea for the West to provide more help against Russia.

President Zelensky asks for a no-fly zone: "Remember Pearl Harbor...remember September 11th...our country experiences the same every day. Right now, at this moment, every night...Russia has turned the Ukrainian sky into a source of death..."

The Ukrainian leader addressing the US Congress says it is “the darkest time” for his country and asked again for a no-fly zone over Ukraine to halt Russian bombings that have killed over 100 children.

He asked US lawmakers for more military aid and tougher economic sanctions on Russia. “Is this too much to ask?” he said, but also proposed alternatives, asking for more defence systems, that all Russian politicians “still in their offices” be sanctioned, to close US ports to all Russian ships.

President Zelensky concludes his remarks: "I'm addressing President Biden. You are the leader of the nation. I wish you to be the leader of the world. Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace."

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