Friday, 29 Mar 2024

Ukraine’s first lady pleads with US for more weapons: ‘Help us stop this terror’

Ukraine’s first lady pleads with US for more weapons: ‘Help us stop this terror’


Ukraine’s first lady pleads with US for more weapons: ‘Help us stop this terror’

The Ukrainian first lady, Olena Zelenska, appealed to US lawmakers on Tuesday to provide more help to her country as it struggles against a five-month-long Russian invasion she called "Russia's Hunger Games", saying US weapons could help assure a "joint great victory".

"We remain completely broken when our world is destroyed by war. Tens of thousands of such worlds have been destroyed in Ukraine," she said, through a translator, in an emotional 15-minute speech to members of the House and Senate.

The wife of the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, showed videos of children she said had been wounded or killed, including a three-year-old boy now learning to use prosthetic limbs.

"How many children like him are there in Ukraine? How many families like this may still be destroyed by war? These are Russia's Hunger Games," she said, in reference to a series of novels and movies in which people hunt one another.

"I am asking for weapons, weapons that would not be used to wage a war on somebody else's land, but to protect one's home and the right to wake up alive in that home.

"The answer is right here in Washington DC. Help us to stop this terror against Ukrainians and this will be our joint great victory in the name of life, freedom and the pursuit of happiness."

The US has provided $8bn in security assistance to Ukraine since the war began, including $2.2bn in the last month, the Biden administration says.

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