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Biden sends more aid after Zelenskyy invokes 9/11, Pearl Harbor in emotional address to Congress

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky virtually addresses the US Congress on March 16, 2022, at the US Capitol Visitor Center Congressional Auditorium, in Washington, DC.

WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed directly to U.S. lawmakers and the American public Wednesday with an emotional request to the Biden administration for additional financial support, more weaponry and a no-fly zone to help his country fight off the Russian invasion.

“Friends, Ukraine is grateful to the United States for its overwhelming support for everything that your government and your people have done for us,” Zelenskyy said, wearing a camouflage green T-shirt in an office inside his war-torn nation’s capital,

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