Standing ovation from US lawmakers as @ZelenskyyUa appears onscreen 
"I'm proud to greet you from #Ukraine, from our capital city of #Kyiv" per @ZelenskyyUa through a translator
"We have not even thought about it [giving up], not even for a second"
"We have not even thought about it [giving up], not even for a second"
"Right now the destiny of our country is being decided"
per @ZelenskyyUa to Congress
Recalls Mount Rushmore and the promise of freedom - "We in #Ukraine want the same for our ppl"
per @ZelenskyyUa to Congress
Recalls Mount Rushmore and the promise of freedom - "We in #Ukraine want the same for our ppl"
"We need you right now" per @ZelenskyyUa, recalling #PearlHarbor, September 11, 2001
"Our country experiences the same every day, right now... #Russia has turned the #Ukrainian sky into a source of death for thousands"
"Our country experiences the same every day, right now... #Russia has turned the #Ukrainian sky into a source of death for thousands"
"This is a terror that #Europe has not seen for 80 years" per @ZelenskyyUa
Requests no-fly-zone -- "Is this too much ask?" he says
Requests no-fly-zone -- "Is this too much ask?" he says
In lieu of a no-fly-zone, #Ukraine's @ZelenskyyUa requests the weapons systems he needs, including the S-300 air defense system
"I need to protect our skies..." he says
"I need to protect our skies..." he says
"#Ukraine is grateful to the #UnitedStates for its overwhelming support" per @ZelenskyyUa
"I am grateful to Pres. Biden for his personal involvement..." he says
"I am grateful to Pres. Biden for his personal involvement..." he says
"Now, in the darkest time, I call on you to do more" per #Ukraine's @ZelenskyyUa
Asks all US companies to abandon #Russia and Russia's markets "bcs it is flooded with our blood"
Asks all US companies to abandon #Russia and Russia's markets "bcs it is flooded with our blood"
"Peace is more important than income" per #Ukraine @ZelenskyyUa, asking for all US ports to be closed to all #Russia|n goods
It would be just if the war would end now, "that evil would be punished immediately" per #Ukraine's @ZelenskyyUa
But he says the world does not currently have the tools
But he says the world does not currently have the tools
#Ukraine Pres. @ZelenskyyUa pauses his speech to play video showing peaceful images of Ukraine contrasted w/ graphic images of the war
It ends w/the words: "close the sky over Ukraine"
It ends w/the words: "close the sky over Ukraine"
#Ukraine's @ZelenskyyUa now addressing Congress in English
"Today the Ukrainian ppl are defending not only Ukraine, we are defending the values of Europe & the world" per @ZelenskyyUa
Thanks US for helping #Kyiv & "to keep the planet alive, to keep justice"
Thanks US for helping #Kyiv & "to keep the planet alive, to keep justice"
#Ukraine president @ZelenskyyUa wraps up his speech calling on @POTUS to be the leader of the free world - "to be the leader of peace"
Lawmakers give @ZelenskyyUa a standing ovation as he ends
Lawmakers give @ZelenskyyUa a standing ovation as he ends
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