Ukraine has been experiencing a September 11 since the invasion of Russia for three weeks. “Remember the attack on Pearl Harbor, remember September 11 when they tried to turn your cities into a battlefield, when innocent people were attacked – said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskly in his speech to the US Congress – Our country he lives this experience every day “under the attack of the Russians. And he names Kiev and all the Ukrainian cities he has “Russia is turning into a death camp”.
Welcomed by a standing ovation and accompanied by long applause, greeted by the speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi with a ‘Glory to Ukraine’, he continued: “At this moment the fate of our country is being decided: will the Ukrainians be free? defend their democracy? The Russians have brutally attacked our values and our freedom, but we want to choose our future. ” Russia “attacked not only us, but our human values, our right to live free in our country”.
Zelensky then reiterated his request for a no fly zone over Ukraine. Stressing in a speech to the American Congress that since the beginning of the attack the Russians have fired “already over a thousand missiles” and that Europe “has not seen such a terrible situation for 80 years”, Zelensky asked for a “response from all the world”. “We want a humanitarian no-fly zone. Is it too much to ask to save lives?” He said. And he mentioned Martin Luter King and his ‘I have a dream’: “I have a dream,” he said. Then, paraphrasing the historic American civil rights leader, he added: “And I have a need: I need you to protect our skies.”
“In the darkest period for our country, I ask you to do even more”, to impose “new sanctions packages” on Moscow “until the Russian military machine stops”, declared the Ukrainian president again. “Ukraine is grateful for its incredible support and for providing funding and weapons to the United States” and is “grateful to President Biden for his personal involvement and sincere commitment to defending democracy,” Zelensky added. demanding that “all US companies must leave Russia”.
Finally, the request to Joe Biden to become “peace leader”. In his speech before the United States Congress, the Ukrainian president addresses the American president directly: “You are the leader of the nation, of a great nation. I wish you to be the leader of the world, to be the leader of the world means to be a leader. of peace”.