Zelenskyy tells US Congress: 'We need you now. I call on you to do more'

ALmost three weeks into an ever-escalating war, Zelenskyy has used his campaign to implore allied leaders to “close the sky” to prevent the Russian airstrikes that are devastating his country

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses Congress via video link. Picture: Sarah Silbiger, Pool via AP

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy cited Pearl Harbour and the terror attacks of September 11 2001 on Wednesday as he appealed to the US Congress to do more to help Ukraine’s fight against Russia.

Livestreamed into the Capitol complex, Zelensky said the US must sanction Russian lawmakers and block imports, and he showed a packed auditorium of US lawmakers an emotional video of the destruction and devastation in his country has suffered in the war.