Ukraine and the people of our state are absolutely clear: We don’t want anyone else’s territory, and we are not going to give up our own. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on CNN's State of the Union.
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"Ladies and gentlemen, friends, Americans, in your great history, you have pages that would allow you to understand Ukrainians, understand us now when we need you, right now. Remember Pearl Harbor, terrible morning of Dec. 7, 1941, when your sky was black from the planes attacking you. Just remember it. Remember September the 11th, a terrible day in 2001 when evil tried to turn your cities, independent territories, in battlefields, when innocent people were attacked, attacked from air, yes. Just like no one else expected it, you could not stop it." President Zelensky addressing Congress expressing the need for more aid to Ukraine amidst attacks by Russia.
03/16/2022
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