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Zelensky asked the US Congress to establish a no-fly zone in Ukraine
Amid applause, the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky had a meeting via videoconference with the United States Congress, where he asked for military support to have control "of his sky" and thus minimize Russian attacks.
To this end, the president proposed a no-fly zone and the delivery of more fighter planes to deal with the invaders who have been invading them since February 24 and are getting worse every day.
In his statements, President Zelensky pointed out that they are still waiting for the world's response, since many countries have remained on the sidelines in the face of Russia's threats to expand their war plans to those who intervene in the war in Ukraine.
On the other hand, Zelensky wondered if “Is it too much to ask to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine to save our people? Is it too much to ask for a flight exclusion for humanitarian purposes so that our cities cannot continue to be terrorized?
From Kiev, the head of state narrated what they live daily since the invasion began.
“Russia has turned the Ukrainian sky into a harbinger of death for many people, Russian troops have already launched more than a thousand missiles, not counting bombs. They use drones to kill us with precision.”
Likewise, he compared the situation since the invasion began with what happened on September 11, 2001, when the twin towers located in New York were the target of a terrorist attack. I also assure that “this is a terror that Europe had not seen in 80 years”.
Biden's response
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, reacted to the request of the head of state Volodymyr Zelenskiy and assured that the US will provide him with anti-aircraft weapons to defend the sky of Ukraine from Russian attacks.
Biden 's response is not only due to the request made by the president from Kiev before the United States Congress, but also to the position of NATO, which again denied the option of creating a no-fly zone in the Ukrainian sky.
The aid will be 800 long-range anti-aircraft systems, 7 thousand weapons such as shotguns, grenade launchers and machine guns, and thousands of drones . " We will give Ukraine the weapons it needs to defend itself," he said .
It should be noted that Zelensky is the third Ukrainian president to give a speech in the US Congress and the first in a country at war.
