Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged American lawmakers to do more to protect his country from Russia’s invasion in an address to the US Congress on Wednesday and pleaded with President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., to be the world’s “leader of peace.” [
“Russia has turned the Ukrainian sky into a source of death for thousands of people,” Mr. Zelenskyy said in a virtual address before showing graphic video of death and destruction in his country that ended with an appeal to “close the sky over Ukraine.”
“Is this a lot to ask for — to create a no-fly zone over Ukraine to save people? Is this too much?” Mr. Zelenskyy asked in remarks from Kyiv, a capital city attacked every day that he said “doesn’t give up.” Democratic and Republican lawmakers said after the speech that they were ready to do more for Ukraine quickly by clamping down on Russia, providing more military aid including aircraft and tightening global human rights law. But they again rejected a no-fly zone, saying there was too great a risk of wider war with nuclear-armed Russia.
“In the darkest time for our country — for the whole Europe — I call on you to do more,” Mr. Zelenskyy added. Mr. Zelenskyy, who sought to shore up support for his country in speeches to foreign audiences, on Tuesday made a plea to Canada’s parliament for a no-fly zone and more Western sanctions on Russia. He made similar appeals to the British and European parliaments this month.
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