{"id":1383765,"date":"2022-03-16T10:06:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1383765"},"modified":"2022-03-16T10:22:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:22:00","slug":"zelensky-speaks-to-congress-asks-for-fighter-jets-and-no-fly-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-speaks-to-congress-asks-for-fighter-jets-and-no-fly-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky Speaks to Congress, Asks for Fighter Jets and No-Fly Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzelensky-speaks-to-congress-asks-for-fighter-jets-and-no-fly-zone%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1383765&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed members of Congress on Wednesday, asking again for the United States and NATO to enforce a no-fly zone over his country and provide fighter planes weeks after Russia started its invasion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia has attacked not just us, not just our land, not just our cities. It went on a brutal offensive against our values, basic human values,\u201d he said via a translator. \u201cIt threw tanks and planes against our freedom, against our right to live freely in our own country, choosing our own future. Against our desire for happiness, against our national dream, just like the same dreams you have, you, Americans. Just like anyone else in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In asking for\u00a0S-300 surface-to-air missile systems and Polish MiG-29 fighter jets, Zelensky invoked the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that thrust the United States into World War II.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember Pearl Harbor,\u201d he said \u201cRemember Sept. 11 \u2026 Our country experiences the same every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, the destiny of our country is being decided. The destiny of our people where the Ukrainians will be free, whether they will be able to preserve their democracy,\u201d the Ukrainian leader also remarked. \u201cRussia has attacked not just us, not just our land, not just our cities, it went on a brutal offensive against our values, basic human values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A no-fly zone over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a> has been described by top White House and NATO officials as a nonstarter. Earlier in March, President Joe Biden said that enforcing such a measure would escalate the conflict to become World War III with Russia, a nuclear power.<\/p>\n<p>After the speech, Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) said that he believes Congress needs \u201cto push for more security assurance\u201d in Ukraine, without elaborating.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4341227\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4341227\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16\/GettyImages-1385715539-shshshs-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a virtual address to Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on March 16, 2022. (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>And Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he will hold a press conference later Wednesday to urge the Biden administration \u201cto facilitate the transfer of aircraft, such as MiG-29s, and air defense systems to Ukraine\u201d after Zelensky\u2019s speech while Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) wrote that the White House \u201cshould be doing everything he can to provide lethal aid to Ukraine,\u201d including fighter jets.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky also demanded that all U.S. companies stop doing business with\u2014or leave\u2014Russia until the conflict ends. A number of multinational corporations have already pulled out of the country in recent days amid harsh Western sanctions against Russia\u2019s economy and leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Some critics of the move have warned that these actions could backfire and strengthen Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s leadership and his narrative that the West wants to destroy Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI call on you to do more\u201d Zelensky later asked members of Congress, \u201cuntil the Russian military machine stops.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4338485\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/03\/15\/ukraine-bridge-1200x799.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4338485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ukraine-bridge-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A destroyed bridge at Bucha on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 12, 2022. (Courtesy of Igor Korsun)<\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, Russian officials including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier on Wednesday that Moscow wants Ukraine to become a neutral country such as Austria or Sweden.\u00a0Ukraine\u2019s leadership hasn\u2019t confirmed whether neutrality is a possibility, although Zelensky said Tuesday that it is not likely his country will ever be able to join NATO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA neutral status is being seriously discussed in connection with security guarantees,\u201d Lavrov <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/russia-reveals-contours-of-possible-ukraine-peace-deal_4341034.html\">told<\/a> reporters. \u201cThere are concrete formulations that in my view are close to being agreed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak told the news agency Interfax that a model of neutrality is up for discussion but he said security guarantees must be upheld.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s allies have provided hundreds of millions of dollars worth of defensive weapons but they have stopped short of providing fighter jets. They\u2019ve also said that no NATO troops will be called to fight in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-jack-phillips\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2019\/06\/13\/Jack-Phillips.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Phillips\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"names\">\n<p>Breaking News Reporter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter at The Epoch Times based in New York.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed members of Congress on Wednesday, asking again for the United States and NATO to enforce a no-fly zone over his country and provide fighter planes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1383765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1383765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1383765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1383765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1383765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}