“Your money is not charity. It is an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the joint session.
“Thank you for both financial packages you have already provided us with and the ones you may be willing to decide on,” he said.
Earlier in the day, President Joe Biden held a joint press conference with Zelenskyy at the White House, during which he announced a $1.85 billion military aid package for Ukraine, including a Patriot missile defense system.
“Ukraine didn’t fall,” Zelenskyy stressed during his address to Congress. “Ukraine is alive and kicking.”
He said their battle is not only for “territory,” “freedom” and “security” for Ukrainians but for “any other nation.”
“The world is too interconnected and interdependent to allow someone to stay aside and at the same time to feel safe when such a battle continues,” he said.
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