He met with President Joe Biden at the White House and later addressed Congress as lawmakers are set to vote on $45 billion more in emergency aid as part of a larger spending package. Biden on Wednesday also announced the U.S. will send Ukraine a Patriot anti-missile battery to defend against devastating Russian attacks.
In a virtual address to U.S. lawmakers back in March, Zelenskyy emotionally pleaded for more aggressive measures to help fight the war. Invoking key American tragedies, including Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11 attacks, Zelenskyy told members at the time, “Just remember it … Our country experiences the same every day right now.”
Here is how the story developed:
- A gift for Congress: Ukrainian flag from soldiers
- Zelenskyy’s speech welcomed by numerous ovations
- ‘The light of our faith in ourselves will not be put out’
- Zelenskyy begins speech: ‘Dear Americans … Ukraine is alive and kicking’
- Top congressional leaders meet behind closed doors with Zelenskyy
- Biden defends sending Patriot missile defense system: ‘Not escalatory’
