In the midst of the Ukraine war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an impassioned appeal to the US Congress.
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- Volodymyr Zelenskyy* calls for military aid from the West. The President of Ukraine addresses an appeal to the Congress of USA* and will also appear before the German Bundestag and Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz* to speak.
- In his speech, Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls for Ukraine War* a no-fly zone over his country.
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+++ 8:03 p.m.: After Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj spoke to the US Congress on Wednesday, Zelenskyj is scheduled to make a video speech in the German Bundestag on Thursday. Alluding to the fact that the president could accuse the federal government of lacking support in the fight against Russia, Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) said that “listening is a real strength” at such moments.
Ukraine war: Volodymyr Zelenskyj does not say a word about NATO
+++ 3.33 p.m.: the Nato* and Volodymyr Zelenskyy does not mention a possible entry of Ukraine into the defense alliance – according to the unanimous assessment of experts, this is a clear sign that the Ukrainian president is ready to make concessions in the negotiations with Russia.
+++ 2.34 p.m.: In his speech to the US Congress, Volodymyr Zelenskyy compares the situation in Ukraine with the great American war trauma: Pearl Harbor and September 11th. In both cases, the United States was attacked from the sky, and in both cases the results were just as dramatic as they are now in his country after the attacks from Russia.
+++ 2:26 p.m.: Volodymyr Zelenskyj is now showing an emotional video in which numerous victims of the Ukraine war are shown – including several children. The video ends with the clear message: “Block the skies over Ukraine.”
Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls for no-fly zone over Ukraine
+++ 2.20 p.m.: In addition to the no-air zone, Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls on the US Congress to impose further sanctions on Russia and President Vladimir Putin. Ukraine suffers “daily from rocket and air strikes by Russian troops”. Zelenskyj compares
+++ 2:17 p.m.: As expected, Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls for a restricted zone for Ukraine’s airspace in his speech. “I have to protect our sky,” said the Ukrainian president. Russia would cause great damage to the civilian population through its air sovereignty.
+++ 2.10 p.m.: Volodymyr Zelenskyy compares Ukraine’s struggle with the United States’ struggle for independence.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy before US Congress – standing ovation for Ukrainian President
+++ 2:07 p.m.: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announces Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s speech. The President of Ukraine is greeted with a standing ovation.
+++ 2.05 p.m.: In a few minutes Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the United States Congress. The Ukrainian president is expected to demand more military aid for his country’s war against Russia.
Update from March 16, 2022, 1:20 p.m.: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed hints that he was ready to surrender as a “childish provocation”. Earlier, a fake banner was displayed on a Ukrainian news program saying that the President was calling on his people to lay down their arms.
“I can only urge the Russian military to lay down their arms and return home,” Zelenskyy said in a video statement, adding, “We are already home, we are defending our country, our children.” We will not give up arms until we win.”
According to Ukrainian government officials, the fake banner appeared on news channel Ukraine 24 after a Russian hack, CNN reports.
Ukraine war: Volodymyr Zelenskyj speaks in front of the German Bundestag
Berlin – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is scheduled to address the US Congress via video link this week. The speech with US senators and congressmen is planned for Wednesday (local time), as the leading Democrats in the House of Representatives and Senate, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, announced on Monday (03/14/2022).
“Congress, our country and the entire world admire the Ukrainian people who have shown extraordinary courage, resilience and determination in the face of Russia’s unprovoked, vicious and illegal war against Ukraine,” Pelosi and Schumer said. The aggression of Russia’s President Wladimir Putin* be “cruel and devilish”.
Ukraine war: President Volodymyr Zelenskyj also speaks to the Bundestag
In a video speech at the beginning of the session on Thursday (March 17, 2022), the President of Ukraine wants to contact the members of the German Bundestag. The Bundestag announced this on its website. The special event begins at nine o’clock before the normal agenda.
On Sunday (February 27, 2022), Bundestag President Bärbel Bas described the attack on Ukraine as a clear breach of international law and an attack on the principles of the free world. “Principles that are non-negotiable for Germany and for all democracies worldwide,” said Bas at the opening of the special session on the occasion of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government statement (SPD*) on the war against Ukraine.
War in Ukraine: Solidarity between Germany and the people of Ukraine
On Thursday (February 24, 2022), the President of the Bundestag had expressed her “sincere solidarity with all members of the Verkhovna Rada and the people of Ukraine” on behalf of the German Bundestag to the President of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Oleksiiovych Stefanchuk. Bas assured the President of the Verkhovna Rada that the overwhelming majority of members of the German Bundestag stand firmly with Ukraine in the Ukraine conflict.
War in Ukraine: Ukrainian ambassadors appeal to Chancellor Scholz
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian ambassador in Berlin appealed to Chancellor Olaf Scholz to make a government statement on the Ukraine war after Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s planned video message in the Bundestag. The SPD politician should say “what exactly the traffic light is planning to do to actively support Ukraine and put an end to Russia’s war of annihilation,” said Ambassador Andriy Melnyk of the German Press Agency. “Exactly three weeks after the start of the war, it would be high time for the German head of government to comment on this again and announce very specific aid measures.” (skr / dpa) *fr.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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