Zelensky proposes new international alliance to the US and insists on no-flying

In a speech to the US Congress on Wednesday (16), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed the creation of a new international alliance to respond to wars and again appealed to the US and allies to enact a no-fly zone. about Ukraine.

The capital Kiev is “under missiles and airstrikes from Russian troops every day, but it doesn’t give up,” Zelensky said, addressing Congress virtually with the help of a translator.

The president urged lawmakers to remember the World War II Pearl Harbor attacks and the 9/11 attacks in 2001 when considering his plea for help.

“Just like no one else expected it, you couldn’t stop it. Our country is going through the same thing every day, right now, every night. Russia has attacked our skies, bringing death to thousands of people. Is it too much to ask for a no-fly zone? Thus, Russia would not terrorize our citizens,” Zelensky declared.

The president said that his country is “in the worst war since World War II”.

“Right now, the fate of our country is being decided. The fate of our people, where the Ukrainians will be free, if they will be able to preserve their democracy. Russia attacked not just us, not just our land, not just our cities, it was a brutal offensive against our values, basic human values,” he declared.

military aid

Zelensky’s remarks come a day after President Joe Biden signed into law a massive spending bill that includes more than $13 billion in aid to Ukraine.

On Wednesday, a US official said that North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies had agreed to send new air defense systems to Ukraine.

According to a senior US official, these additional systems include the Soviet-era SA-8, SA-10, SA-12 and SA-14 mobile air defense systems.

*With information from CNN

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