APPEAL TO AMERICA: President Zelenskyy pleads for more consequences against Russia.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in an address to Congress Wednesday, pleaded with the United States to"do more" by implementing a no-fly zone, providing additional aircraft and air defense systems, and creating a new security alliance.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received a stand ovation from members of Congress before he addressed lawmakers Wednesday, March 16, 2022. "Is this a lot to ask for, to create a no-fly zone over Ukraine to save people? Is this too much to ask? A humanitarian no-fly zone, something that Ukraine—that Russia would not be able to terrorize our free cities?" Zelenskyy pleaded.
Pointing to World War II, Zelenskyy said that"the war of the past have prompted our predecessors to create institutions that should protect us from war, but, they unfortunately don’t work." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a virtual address to Congress by video at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2022.
"I see no sense in life if I cannot stop the deaths," Zelenskyy said."And this is my main issue and the leader of my people, great Ukrainians, and the leader of my nation." White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday said Biden"continues to believe that a no-fly zone would be escalatory, could prompt a war with Russia."
"We recognize there are a range of bipartisan calls, but what we have the responsibility to do here is to assess what the impact is on the United States and our own national security," Psaki said. Biden is set to travel to Brussels, Belgium, next week for a NATO summit to"discuss the ongoing deterrence and defense efforts in response to Russia's unprovoked and unjustified attack on Ukraine as well as to reaffirm our ironclad commitment to our NATO allies."