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We need you right now, Zelenskyy tells US; invokes Pearl Harbor, 9/11

Zelenskyy said negotiations were becoming "more realistic"

Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a video address at the House of Representatives, US Capitol on Wednesday. He received a standing ovation before and after his remarks | Photo: Reuters

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy summoned the memory of Pearl Harbour and the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on Wednesday as he appealed to the US Congress to do more to help Ukraine’s fight against Russia.

Meanwhile, Ukraine and Russia drew up a tentative peace plan to end the war. The deal includes a ceasefire and Russian troop withdrawal if Kyiv renounces Nato membership ambitions and accepts limits on its armed forces, the Financial Times reported.

In his address, Zelenskyy acknowledged the no-fly zone he has sought to “close the sky” to the Russians over his country may not happen. Livestreamed into the

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