Ukrainian President\u00a0Volodymyr Zelensky\u00a0on Wednesday implored the U.S. to \u201cclose the sky over Ukraine,\u201d invoking Pearl Harbor and 9\/11 and showing graphic images of the destruction and death wrought by Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now, the destiny of our country is being decided, the destiny of our people, whether the Ukrainians will be free, whether they will be able to preserve their democracy,\u201d Zelensky said in an impassioned virtual address to members of Congress. \u201cRussia has turned the Ukrainian sky into a source of death for thousands of people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky brought a moment of enormous drama to Washington Wednesday, when he gave a virtual address to Congress.<\/p>\n
The Ukrainian president, dressed in his trademark military-green t-shirt, pleaded for help as his nation tries to fend off the Russian forces who invaded three weeks ago.<\/p>\n
Ukrainian President\u00a0Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s emotional speech to America on Wednesday stirred a new appetite on Capitol Hill for more aggressive steps to counter Russia\u2019s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine \u2014 with clear limits.<\/p>\n
Lawmakers in both parties emerged from the cavernous auditorium in the Capitol where they\u2019d gathered to watch the speech embracing some of Zelensky\u2019s pleas, including those to provide more anti-aircraft weapons and install tougher sanctions on leading Russian figures.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy hope is that what comes out of today\u2019s discussion with President Zelensky and all of us working together in a bipartisan basis is to tighten the sanctions immediately, is to provide more armaments that they actually need to defend themselves … and give them a fighting chance to protect themselves,\u201d said Sen.\u00a0Rob Portman\u00a0(R-Ohio), the co-chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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