WATCH: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is addressing a joint meeting of Congress Wednesday night as part of his first trip outside Ukraine since Russia launched its assault on his country in February.
, telling lawmakers that"this battle cannot be frozen and postponed," and reminding them that temperatures are falling with the arrival of winter.
"Standing here today, I recall the words of the president Franklin Delano Roosevelt …'The American people in their righteous might will win through absolute victory,'" Zelenskyy said."The Ukrainian people will win too. Absolutely." Zelenskyy's trip to Washington, his first out of the country since the Russian invasion in February, comes as Congress is debating a massiveAhead of the speech, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urged the passage of the bill – which must pass both Houses of Congress and be signed by President Joe Biden by Friday – and said Zelenskyy"made clear that without this aid package, the Ukrainians will be in trouble and could even lose the war.
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