Congress to do more to help Ukraine’s fight against Russia, but acknowledged the no-fly zone he has sought to “close the sky” over his country may not happen.

Livestreamed into the Capitol complex, Zelenskyy said the U.S. must sanction Russian lawmakers and block imports, and he showed a packed auditorium of lawmakers an emotional video of the destruction and devastation his country has suffered in the war. “We need you right now,” Zelenskyy said, adding, “I call on you to do more.” In urging a steeper economic hit to the Russians, he said: “Peace is more important than income.” Read more: Zelenskyy says Russia wants to ‘annihilate’ Ukrainians, urges no-fly zone Lawmakers gave him a standing ovation, before and after his short remarks, which Zelenskyy began in Ukrainian through an interpreter but then switched to English in a heartfelt appeal to help end the bloodshed. “I see no sense in life if it cannot stop the deaths,” he told them.

Wearing a short-sleeved army T-shirt, Zelinskyy began his remarks by invoking the destruction the U.S. suffered in 1941 when Japan bombed the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, and the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon by militants who commandeered passenger airplanes to crash into the symbols of Western democracy and economy. “Remember Pearl Harbor?

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Video shows Texas women on sidewalk almost getting hit by Tesla

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Masters 2022: Scottie Scheffler increases lead through Round 3 at Augusta National

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What drove income tax collections growth in the pandemic year

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Landslide early warnings issued for eight districts

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Activists opposed to the Trans Mountain pipeline project relaunch their campaign, two years into the pandemic

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Shanghai locals 'shouting for food' amid strict Covid lockdown

Shanghai reported nearly 25,000 locally transmitted Covid-19 infections today, as residents of China's most populous city voiced complaints over food and basic supplies.

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41 MPs who quit government to meet President Rajapaksa on Sunday (10)

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Pierre Poilievre draws huge crowds amid Conservative party leadership race

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UN votes Russia out of human rights council citing Bucha killings

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Top EU politician visits Ukraine after deadly train station bombing

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Mexico does not accept Russian invasion of Ukraine: president

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Covid-19: India logs 1,054 new cases, 29 deaths, active tally over 11,000

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Many Russian ‘traitors’ are showing themselves amid Ukraine war, Kremlin claims

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Ukraine's Zelenskyy to plead for more help against Russia in US Congress address

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Trudeau to join Biden, NATO leaders in Brussels for summit on Ukraine war: source

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Ukraine’s president addresses parliament and calls again for a no-fly zone over his country

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Justin Trudeau among 313 Canadians banned from Russia

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been banned from entering Russia, according to a press release on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website.

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Zelenskyy says Russia wants to ‘annihilate’ Ukrainians, urges no-fly zone

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Canada slaps new sanctions on 15 Russians ahead of Zelenskyy’s address to Parliament

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U.S. journalist killed, one other wounded in north Ukraine

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Russia-Ukraine war: Russian airstrike hits base in western Ukraine, kills 35

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Sean Penn Tests Positive for COVID-19, Skips Presenting at DGA Awards 2022

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Ukraine at ‘turning point,’ Zelenskyy says, as Russia closes in on Kyiv

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Russia-Ukraine conflict: Are we in the undertow of an inevitably wider war?

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
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