Ukraine’s Zelenskyy addresses Canada’s parliament: ‘Please close the sky’

Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an impassioned speech to the Canadian parliament on Tuesday urging them to exert extra financial and navy stress on Russia because it continues its invasion of Ukraine. 

“Justin, are you able to think about you and your kids listening to all these extreme explosions, the bombing of the airport, the bombing of the Ottawa airport?” Zelenskyy mentioned, chatting with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “Cruise missiles are falling down and your kids are asking you ‘What occurred?’”

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Zelenskyy implored the Canadian authorities to ascertain a no-fly zone over Ukraine to assist defend Ukrainian forces from Russian jets.

“Please shut the sky, shut the airspace,” he mentioned. “Please cease the bombing. What number of extra cruise missiles need to fall on our cities till you make this occur?”

“Pricey Justin, pricey friends. Are you able to think about that daily you obtain memorandums concerning the variety of casualties, together with ladies and kids?” Zelenskyy added. “You heard concerning the bombings. At present we have now 97 kids that died throughout this battle.”

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Svyatogorsk Lavra within the Donetsk area after it was focused 
(State Service of Particular Communications and Info Safety of Ukraine )

Zelenskyy evoked British wartime chief Winston Churchill as he instructed the U.Okay. Parliament final week that his nation would struggle Russia’s invasion to the top in Ukraine’s cities. Zelenskyy additionally was to talk Wednesday to members of the U.S. Home and Senate, an occasion that will likely be livestreamed for the general public.

Canadian lawmakers gave him two standing ovations earlier than he even spoke.

“Are you able to think about if the well-known CN Tower in Toronto was hit by Russian bombs?” he mentioned. “That is our actuality.”

The video of Zelenskyy, carrying a inexperienced navy t-shirt and sweater, was projected onto large screens within the Canadian Parliament. He thanked Canada for its humanitarian and navy help and known as the nation a steadfast ally.

Zelenskyy’s plea for a no-fly zone got here the identical day the White Home warned that the transfer “might immediate a battle with Russia.”

“Additionally it is true that the president has to take a look at selections which might be made by means of the prism of what’s in our nationwide safety curiosity and world safety curiosity,” White Home press secretary Jen Psaki mentioned Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to feminine flight attendants in feedback broadcast on state tv on Saturday, March 5, 2022. (Picture: Reuters Video)
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“He continues to consider {that a} no-fly zone could be escalatory, might immediate a battle with Russia,” she continued. “I don’t consider there may be plenty of advocates calling for that at this time limit from Capitol Hill, however we actually perceive and acknowledge that’s nonetheless a name from President Zelenskyy.”

Related Press contributed to this report