Washington: UkraineThe beleaguered President Volodymyr Zelensky will deliver a virtual joint address US Congress On Wednesday amidst increasing pressure from MPs Biden Administration to take a more assertive military stance against Russia.
Zelensky, who has already addressed the British Parliament and EU lawmakers to an encouraging ovation, spoke to more than 300 US lawmakers on a Zoom call last week, but a formal address to a joint session that would be open to the American public Will be telecast live, expected. to amplify your message Washington: You’re not doing enough when we’re dying.
Zelensky wants the US to either impose a no-fly zone on Ukraine or give it fighter jets and other defensive equipment to deter Russian aggression, which Ukraine is expected to sink sooner or later if there is not enough help from the West. He is also seeking sanctions on the Russian oil trade, including a blockade of Russian ships.
President Biden has said the no-fly zone could inevitably lead to a shoot-out with Russian jets and potentially lead to World War Three. Washington has also rejected the idea of supplying fighters directly to Ukraine for fear of being embroiled in a war, even as many military analysts are urging the Biden administration to go whole hog.
While some US lawmakers, mostly from the Republican side, are fond of the Democratic administration’s unease, others are suggesting a middle ground. “Zelensky’s message is simple: ‘Shut down the skies or give us the planes. Let’s be clear about our options: A no-fly zone means sending American pilots into the fight against Russian jets and air defenses – of nuclear powers. in a fight that could quickly spiral out of control,” Republican Senator Ben Sasse cautioned after Saturday’s Zoom call with Zelensky. Instead, Sasse suggested that the US could send planes, drones and helicopters to Ukraine.
But as Washington found over the weekend, getting military supplies into Ukraine is also starting to become dangerous, with the prospect that it will draw the US and NATO into direct firefights with Russia. After warning the US-NATO alliance that it would disrupt any supply chain of equipment to Ukraine, Russia landed 30 cruise missiles at a military base just 15 miles from Ukraine’s border with Poland, including 35 People were killed and the war was brought to the door of NATO.
Zelensky, who has already addressed the British Parliament and EU lawmakers to an encouraging ovation, spoke to more than 300 US lawmakers on a Zoom call last week, but a formal address to a joint session that would be open to the American public Will be telecast live, expected. to amplify your message Washington: You’re not doing enough when we’re dying.
Zelensky wants the US to either impose a no-fly zone on Ukraine or give it fighter jets and other defensive equipment to deter Russian aggression, which Ukraine is expected to sink sooner or later if there is not enough help from the West. He is also seeking sanctions on the Russian oil trade, including a blockade of Russian ships.
President Biden has said the no-fly zone could inevitably lead to a shoot-out with Russian jets and potentially lead to World War Three. Washington has also rejected the idea of supplying fighters directly to Ukraine for fear of being embroiled in a war, even as many military analysts are urging the Biden administration to go whole hog.
While some US lawmakers, mostly from the Republican side, are fond of the Democratic administration’s unease, others are suggesting a middle ground. “Zelensky’s message is simple: ‘Shut down the skies or give us the planes. Let’s be clear about our options: A no-fly zone means sending American pilots into the fight against Russian jets and air defenses – of nuclear powers. in a fight that could quickly spiral out of control,” Republican Senator Ben Sasse cautioned after Saturday’s Zoom call with Zelensky. Instead, Sasse suggested that the US could send planes, drones and helicopters to Ukraine.
But as Washington found over the weekend, getting military supplies into Ukraine is also starting to become dangerous, with the prospect that it will draw the US and NATO into direct firefights with Russia. After warning the US-NATO alliance that it would disrupt any supply chain of equipment to Ukraine, Russia landed 30 cruise missiles at a military base just 15 miles from Ukraine’s border with Poland, including 35 People were killed and the war was brought to the door of NATO.