Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy invoked the Holocaust in a speech to the Israeli government, likening the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the Nazi plan for the murder of Jews during World War II.

Zelensky made a plea for weapons to help fight the Russians. He said that the Russian invasion was a large-scale and dangerous war that was aimed at destroying Ukrainians.

I have the right to this comparison and parallel. Our history and yours. Zelenskyy said that their war was for survival and World War II.

Listen to what the Kremlin says. He said that when the Nazi party raided Europe they wanted to destroy everything. Everyone should be destroyed. Wanted to take over the nations. Leave nothing from us. The name and trace are included. You remember that they called it the final solution to the Jewish issue. I am sure you will never forget!

Zelenskyy, who is himself Jewish, likened the invasion of Ukraine to the Ukrainian question.

Russian missiles hit Babyn Yar. You know what kind of land it is. More than 100,000 Holocaust victims are buried there, according to Zelenskyy.

He asked why Israel had not imposed strong sanctions against Russia, and he said that Israel's missile defenses could help Ukraine.

What is it? Is it difference? Premeditation? mediation without choosing a party? I will let you decide on the answer to this question. Zelenskyy said that indifference kills. mediation can be between states, not between good and evil.

Zelenskyy was thanked by the Israeli Foreign Minister.

We will continue to assist the Ukrainian people as much as we can, and we will never turn our backs on people who know the horrors of war, according to the AP.

On Wednesday, Zelenskyy spoke to Congress and mentioned September 11 and Pearl Harbor in a plea for more aid for the US in the war against Russia.