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Zelenskyy issues direct message to Biden in address to Congress: ‘Be the leader of peace’
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After three weeks of Russian bombardment, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a direct plea to President Biden Wednesday, urging him to be “the chief of peace.”
“Right this moment it’s not sufficient to be the chief of the nation. Right this moment, to be the chief of the world means to be the chief of peace,” Zelenskyy stated whereas making an tackle in entrance of the U.S. Congress.
“Peace in your nation doesn’t rely anymore solely on you and your individuals. It is determined by these subsequent to you – on those that are robust,” he continued. “Robust doesn’t imply massive. Robust is courageous and able to battle for the lives of his residents and residents of the world.”
Speaker of the Home Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., introduces Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to talk to the U.S. Congress by video on the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (AP Photograph/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)
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Zelenskyy directed his feedback on the president after first urging Congress to push for extra sanctions on Russia’s financial system and all of its politicians.
He urged lawmakers to advise their constituents to take away any and all companies from the Russian market and to shut all American ports to Russian items, telling them that “peace is extra essential than revenue.”
Zelenskyy stated the specter of Russian aggression shouldn’t be solely a risk to Ukraine, however to the worldwide order.
“Right this moment, the Ukrainian individuals are defending not solely Ukraine – we’re combating for the values of Europe and the world, to supply our lives within the identify of the long run,” he stated.
The Ukrainian president pleaded with Biden after he confirmed a video depicting lives which have been misplaced and the destruction that has occurred underneath Russian bombing.
Picture seize from footage launched by Ukraine Armed Forces on Thursday March 9, 2022 allegedly reveals aftermath of Russia military bombardment on a kids hospital in Mariupol, southeastern Ukraine, inflicting monumental destructions. The Ukraine Armed Forces doesn’t point out casualties of the strikes. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky confirms the strike of the maternity hospital in Mariupol, saying in his on-line submit
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Greater than 3 million Ukrainians have fled as combating has unfold to almost each nook of the nation and the United Nations has stated that at the very least 636 civilians have been killed, together with roughly 50 kids – although these figures are anticipated to be under-estimated.
“Right this moment my age stopped when the hearts of greater than 100 kids cease beating. I see no sense in life if it can’t cease this,” Zelensky stated. “I’m addressing President Biden, you’re the chief of [your] nation. I want you to be the chief of the world. Being the chief of the world means to be the chief of peace.”
Zelenskyy as soon as once more pleaded with Biden to implement a no-fly zone to assist cease the barrage of missile strikes hitting Ukrainian cities nationwide.