Zelenskyy urges US Congress to do more

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appeared on the video screen for his address, said, "Russia has turned the Ukrainian sky into a source of death for thousands of people. He urged the United States Wednesday to reconsider his plea for a no-fly zone, invoking the terror of the September 11 attacks as he ratcheted up pressure on the White House to move aggressively against the Russian invasion closing in on Kyiv. More than three weeks into a war that has left hundreds of Ukrainian civilians dead and three million displaced abroad, President Volodymyr Zelensky told the US Congress the conflict was "a terror that Europe has not seen... for 80 years." "Remember Pearl Harbor, terrible morning of December 7, 1941, when your sky was black from the planes attacking you," he said, recalling the air raid that brought the United States into World War II.

Zelenskky also played a graphic video to the Congress that revealed the toll of Russia's war in Ukraine that was in its third week at the moment. “We need you right now,” Zelenskyy said in remarks livestreamed at the US Capitol. While stating that Ukraine is grateful to the US for its overwhelming support, he said, "I call on you to do more.” He addressed President Joe Biden directly, urging him to be "the leader of peace" as he showed lawmakers a wrenching video of ruined buildings and injured Ukrainian civilians including children, with the final frame showing the words "close the sky."