'Close the sky over Ukraine,' President Zelenskiy urges U.S. Congress

Russia has turned the Ukrainian sky into a source of death for thousands of people

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged American lawmakers to do more to protect his country from Russia's invasion in an address to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday in which he pleaded with President Joe Biden to be the world's "leader of peace.", Qazet.az reports.

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," Zelenskiy said in his virtual address before showing video containing graphic images of death and destruction in Ukraine that ended with "close the sky over Ukraine."Zelenskiy continued his push for the imposition of a no-fly zone over Ukraine and asked for more planes and defense systems to respond to a Russian invasion launched last month that has caused large-scale destruction in his country and has unleashed a wave of refugees. He also called for more economic sanctions against Russia.

Ukraine is facing terror that Europe had not experienced since World War Two and the nation's destiny is being decided, Zelenskiy told the U.S. lawmakers through an interpreter.

"Is this a lot to ask for - to create a no-fly zone over Ukraine to save people? Is this too much?" Zelenskiy asked in his remarks made from Kyiv, his country's capital that is under attack every day but, he said, "doesn't give up."

Zelenskiy closed his address with a direct plea in English to Biden: "I wish you to be the leader of the world. Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace."