Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, urged bipartisan lawmakers to send more weapons to her homeland to fight off Russia.
Zelenska's husband, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, spoke to members of Congress in March. Russia's war had just begun and he appeared almost instantly.
Zelenska said she wouldn't want to ask for something now. To protect one's home and the right to wake up alive in that home, I'm asking for weapons that wouldn't be used to wage a war on another's land.
Zelenska presented a photo of Ukrainian children killed by Russian missiles and shelling.
Zelenska asked for air defense systems in order for rockets not to kill.
You should be aware that America saves and Russia kills. Zelenska pointed to the 15 military aid packages that have been committed to date.
Zelenska met with the first lady at the White House and the secretary of state at the State Department before her address to Congress.
On Mother's Day, Biden met with Zelenska.
First lady Jill Biden receives flowers from Olena Zelenska, spouse of Ukrainian’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, outside of School 6, a public school that has taken in displaced students in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, Sunday, May 8, 2022.Zelenska talked about war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine while she was at the State Department.
John Kirby said Tuesday that the U.S. is assembling its 16th security assistance kit.
Since the beginning of the war in February, the U.S. has given about $8 billion in military aid.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday that there will be more High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems. The U.S. will give 16 heavy rocket systems to the Ukranian government.
The missiles are designed to be shot from a mobile truck.
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