Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his address to the joint session of the US Congress on Wednesday urged American lawmakers for a no-fly zone over Ukraine amid intense Russian attacks.
Reminded the US Congress of the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan in 1941, and the September 11 terrorist attacks by al-Qaeda in 2001, Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine is under a similar situation following relentless Russian attacks for over three weeks.
“Russia has turned the Ukrainian sky into a source of death for thousands of people,” Zelenskyy said in his virtual address before showing a video containing graphic images of death and destruction in Ukraine that ended with “Close the sky over Ukraine.”
Zelenskyy continued his push for the imposition of a no-fly zone over Ukraine and asked for more planes and defense systems to respond to a Russian invasion launched last month that has caused large-scale destruction in his country and has unleashed a wave of refugees.
He closed his address with a direct plea in English to Joe Biden: “I wish you to be the leader of the world. Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.”
Zelenskyy’s address to lawmakers in Washington came a day after he made a plea to Canada’s parliament for more Western sanctions on Russia and the imposition of a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
