Zelenskyy asks for help rebuilding Ukraine in address to Swedish parliament

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky received a standing ovation from Sweden's parliament. Picture: Paul Wennerholm/TT News Agency via AP

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has invited Sweden to help rebuild his country as he marked one month since the Russian invasion during an address to the Swedish parliament.

“This is a month now,” Mr Zelenskyy said during a speech by video link on Thursday. “We have not seen a destruction of this scale since World War Two.