(As delivered via interpreter)
Thank you very much. Madam Speaker, members of the Congress,
ladies and gentlemen, Americans, friends, I’m proud to greet you from Ukraine,
from our capital city of Kyiv, a city that is under missile and airstrikes from
Russian troops every day. But it doesn’t give up, and we have not even
thought about it for a second.
Just like many other cities and communities in our beautiful country which
found themselves in the worst war since World War II. I have the honor to
greet you on behalf of the Ukrainian people, brave and freedom-loving people
who for eight years have been resisting the Russian aggression.
Those who give their best sons and daughters to stop this full-scale
Russian invasion. Right now the destiny of our country is being decided.
The destiny of our people, whether Ukrainians will be free,
whether they will be able to preserve their democracy. Russia has attacked
not just us, not just our land, not just our cities; it went on a brutal offensive
against our values, basic human values. It threw tanks and planes against
our freedom, against our right to live freely in our own country choosing
our own future.
Against our desire for happiness, against our national dreams,
just like the same dreams you have, you Americans. Just like anyone else
in the United States. I remember your national memorial in [Mount] Rushmore,
the faces of your prominent presidents, those who laid the foundation of
the United States of America as it is today — democracy, independence,
freedom and care for everyone, for every person, for everyone
who works diligently, who lives honestly, who respects the law.
We in Ukraine want the same for our people. All that is a normal part
of your own life. Ladies and gentlemen, friends, Americans,
in your great history, you have pages that would allow you to understand Ukrainians,
understand us now when you need it right now. When we need you right now.
Remember Pearl Harbor. Terrible morning of December 7, 1941,
when your sky was black from the planes attacking you. Just remember it.
Remember September 11th, a terrible day in 2001 when evil tried to turn your cities,
independent territories in battlefields. When innocent people were attacked from air,
yes. Just like nobody else expected it, you could not stop it.
Our country experienced the same every day. Right now, at this moment,
every night for three weeks now, various Ukrainian cities: Odesa …
[names long list of Ukrainian cities], Russia has turned the Ukrainian sky into
a source of death for thousands of people. Russian troops have already
fired nearly 1,000 missiles at Ukraine, countless bombs,
they use drones to kill us with precision. This is a terror that Europe has not
seen for 80 years and we are asking for our life for an answer to this terror
from the whole world.
Is this a lot to ask for, to create a no-fly zone over Ukraine to save people?
Is this too much to ask? Humanitary, no-fly zone, something that Russia will not
be able to terrorize our free cities.
If this is too much to ask, we offer an alternative. You know what kind of
defense systems we need, S-300 and other similar systems.
You know how much depends on the battlefield, on the ability to use aircraft,
powerful, strong aviation to protect our people, our freedom, our land.
Aircrafts that can help Ukraine, help Europe and you know that they exist
and you have them but they are on Earth, not in Ukraine — in the Ukrainian sky.
They do not defend our people.
I have a dream, these words are known to each of you today. I can say,
I have a need. I need to protect our sky. I need your decision, your help,
which means exactly the same, the same you feel when you hear the words,
“I have a dream.”
Ladies and gentlemen, friends, Ukraine is grateful to the United States
for its overwhelming support, for everything that your government and
your people have done for us, for weapons and ammunition for training,
for finances, for leadership in the free world, which helps us to pressure
the aggressor economically.
I’m grateful to President Biden for his personal involvement,
for his sincere commitment to the defense of Ukraine and democracy
all over the world. I am grateful to you for the resolution which recognizes
all those who commit crimes against Ukraine, against the Ukrainian people
as war criminals. However, now, it is true in the darkest time for our country,
for the whole Europe, I call on you to do more.
New packages of sanctions are needed, constantly,
every week until the Russian military machine stops.
Restrictions are needed for everyone on whom this unjust regime is based.
We propose that the United States sanctions all politicians in
the Russian Federation who remain in their offices and do not cut ties with those
who are responsible for the aggression against Ukraine
, from state Dumas members to the last official who has lack of mora
l to break this state terror. All [American companies] must leave Russia
from their market, leave their market immediately because it is flooded
with our blood. Ladies and gentlemen, members of Congress,
please take the lead if you have companies in your district who finance
the Russian military machine leaving business in Russia, you should put pressure.
I’m asking to make sure that the Russians do not receive a single penny that
they use to destroy people in Ukraine. The destruction of our country,
the destruction of Europe. All American ports should be closed for Russian goods.
We’re — peace is more important than income and we have to defend
this principle in the whole world.
We already became part of the anti-war coalition, a big anti-war coalition that
unites many countries, dozens of countries, those who reacted in principle to
President Putin’s decision to invade our country, but we need to move on and
do more. We need to create new tools to respond quickly and stop the war,
the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24th.
And it would be fair if it ended in a day, that in 24 hours, that evil would be
punished immediately. Today the world does not have such tools.
The war of the past have prompted our predecessors to create institutions that
should protect us from war, but they unfortunately don’t work.
We see it, you see it, so we need new ones, new institutions,
new alliances and we offer them.
We propose to create an association U-24 united for peace,
a union of responsible countries that have the strength and consciousness to
stop conflicts immediately, provide all the necessary assistance in 24 hours,
if necessary, even weapons if necessary, sanctions, humanitarian support,
political support, finances, everything you need to keep the peace and
quickly save the world, save lives.
In addition, such association, such union would provide assistance to those who
are experiencing natural disasters, man-made disasters, who fell victims to
humanitarian crisis or epidemic. Remember how difficult it was for the world
to do the simplest things, just to give vaccines, vaccines against Covid to save lives,
to prevent new strains. The world spent months, years doing things like that
much faster, to make sure there are no human losses, no victims.
Ladies and gentlemen, Americans, if such alliance would exist today, that is U-24,
we would be able to save thousands of lives in our country.
In many countries of the world, those who need peace, those who suffer inhumane
destruction. I ask you to watch one video, video of what the Russian troops did
in our country, in our land. We have to stop it. We must prevent it,
preventably destroy every single aggressor who seeks to subjugate other nations.
Please watch the video.
(The video is graphic and hard to watch. It shows children killed and wounded. Russian forces have increasingly targeted civilian areas, a violation of international law.)
[IN ENGLISH] And in the end, to sum it up, today, today it is not enough to be
the leader of the nation. Today takes to be the leader of the world.
Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.
Peace in your country doesn’t depend anymore only on you and your people.
It depends on those next to you, on those who are strong.
Strong doesn’t mean weak. Strong is brave and ready to fight for the life
of his citizens and citizens of the world. For human rights, for freedom,
for the right to live decently, and to die when your time comes.
And not when it’s wanted by someone else. By your neighbor.
[IN ENGLISH] Today the Ukrainian people are defending not only Ukraine,
we are fighting for the values of Europe and the world, [inaudible] in the name of
the future. That’s why today the American people are helping not just Ukraine,
but Europe and the world, to keep the planet alive, to keep justice in history.
Now I’m almost 45 years old. Today my age stopped when the heart of
more than 100 children stopped beating.
I see no sense in life if it cannot stop the deaths. And this is my main issue as
the leader of my people, great Ukrainians, and as the leader of my nation,
I am addressing the President Biden, you are the leader of the nation,
of your great nation. I wish you to be the leader of the world.
Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.
Thank you.
[IN UKRAINIAN] Glory to Ukraine.
[IN ENGLISH] Thank you for your support.
Thank you very much. Madam Speaker, members of the Congress,
ladies and gentlemen, Americans, friends, I’m proud to greet you from Ukraine,
from our capital city of Kyiv, a city that is under missile and airstrikes from
Russian troops every day. But it doesn’t give up, and we have not even
thought about it for a second.
Just like many other cities and communities in our beautiful country which
found themselves in the worst war since World War II. I have the honor to
greet you on behalf of the Ukrainian people, brave and freedom-loving people
who for eight years have been resisting the Russian aggression.
Those who give their best sons and daughters to stop this full-scale
Russian invasion. Right now the destiny of our country is being decided.
The destiny of our people, whether Ukrainians will be free,
whether they will be able to preserve their democracy. Russia has attacked
not just us, not just our land, not just our cities; it went on a brutal offensive
against our values, basic human values. It threw tanks and planes against
our freedom, against our right to live freely in our own country choosing
our own future.
Against our desire for happiness, against our national dreams,
just like the same dreams you have, you Americans. Just like anyone else
in the United States. I remember your national memorial in [Mount] Rushmore,
the faces of your prominent presidents, those who laid the foundation of
the United States of America as it is today — democracy, independence,
freedom and care for everyone, for every person, for everyone
who works diligently, who lives honestly, who respects the law.
We in Ukraine want the same for our people. All that is a normal part
of your own life. Ladies and gentlemen, friends, Americans,
in your great history, you have pages that would allow you to understand Ukrainians,
understand us now when you need it right now. When we need you right now.
Remember Pearl Harbor. Terrible morning of December 7, 1941,
when your sky was black from the planes attacking you. Just remember it.
Remember September 11th, a terrible day in 2001 when evil tried to turn your cities,
independent territories in battlefields. When innocent people were attacked from air,
yes. Just like nobody else expected it, you could not stop it.
Our country experienced the same every day. Right now, at this moment,
every night for three weeks now, various Ukrainian cities: Odesa …
[names long list of Ukrainian cities], Russia has turned the Ukrainian sky into
a source of death for thousands of people. Russian troops have already
fired nearly 1,000 missiles at Ukraine, countless bombs,
they use drones to kill us with precision. This is a terror that Europe has not
seen for 80 years and we are asking for our life for an answer to this terror
from the whole world.
Is this a lot to ask for, to create a no-fly zone over Ukraine to save people?
Is this too much to ask? Humanitary, no-fly zone, something that Russia will not
be able to terrorize our free cities.
If this is too much to ask, we offer an alternative. You know what kind of
defense systems we need, S-300 and other similar systems.
You know how much depends on the battlefield, on the ability to use aircraft,
powerful, strong aviation to protect our people, our freedom, our land.
Aircrafts that can help Ukraine, help Europe and you know that they exist
and you have them but they are on Earth, not in Ukraine — in the Ukrainian sky.
They do not defend our people.
I have a dream, these words are known to each of you today. I can say,
I have a need. I need to protect our sky. I need your decision, your help,
which means exactly the same, the same you feel when you hear the words,
“I have a dream.”
Ladies and gentlemen, friends, Ukraine is grateful to the United States
for its overwhelming support, for everything that your government and
your people have done for us, for weapons and ammunition for training,
for finances, for leadership in the free world, which helps us to pressure
the aggressor economically.
I’m grateful to President Biden for his personal involvement,
for his sincere commitment to the defense of Ukraine and democracy
all over the world. I am grateful to you for the resolution which recognizes
all those who commit crimes against Ukraine, against the Ukrainian people
as war criminals. However, now, it is true in the darkest time for our country,
for the whole Europe, I call on you to do more.
New packages of sanctions are needed, constantly,
every week until the Russian military machine stops.
Restrictions are needed for everyone on whom this unjust regime is based.
We propose that the United States sanctions all politicians in
the Russian Federation who remain in their offices and do not cut ties with those
who are responsible for the aggression against Ukraine
, from state Dumas members to the last official who has lack of mora
l to break this state terror. All [American companies] must leave Russia
from their market, leave their market immediately because it is flooded
with our blood. Ladies and gentlemen, members of Congress,
please take the lead if you have companies in your district who finance
the Russian military machine leaving business in Russia, you should put pressure.
I’m asking to make sure that the Russians do not receive a single penny that
they use to destroy people in Ukraine. The destruction of our country,
the destruction of Europe. All American ports should be closed for Russian goods.
We’re — peace is more important than income and we have to defend
this principle in the whole world.
We already became part of the anti-war coalition, a big anti-war coalition that
unites many countries, dozens of countries, those who reacted in principle to
President Putin’s decision to invade our country, but we need to move on and
do more. We need to create new tools to respond quickly and stop the war,
the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24th.
And it would be fair if it ended in a day, that in 24 hours, that evil would be
punished immediately. Today the world does not have such tools.
The war of the past have prompted our predecessors to create institutions that
should protect us from war, but they unfortunately don’t work.
We see it, you see it, so we need new ones, new institutions,
new alliances and we offer them.
We propose to create an association U-24 united for peace,
a union of responsible countries that have the strength and consciousness to
stop conflicts immediately, provide all the necessary assistance in 24 hours,
if necessary, even weapons if necessary, sanctions, humanitarian support,
political support, finances, everything you need to keep the peace and
quickly save the world, save lives.
In addition, such association, such union would provide assistance to those who
are experiencing natural disasters, man-made disasters, who fell victims to
humanitarian crisis or epidemic. Remember how difficult it was for the world
to do the simplest things, just to give vaccines, vaccines against Covid to save lives,
to prevent new strains. The world spent months, years doing things like that
much faster, to make sure there are no human losses, no victims.
Ladies and gentlemen, Americans, if such alliance would exist today, that is U-24,
we would be able to save thousands of lives in our country.
In many countries of the world, those who need peace, those who suffer inhumane
destruction. I ask you to watch one video, video of what the Russian troops did
in our country, in our land. We have to stop it. We must prevent it,
preventably destroy every single aggressor who seeks to subjugate other nations.
Please watch the video.
(The video is graphic and hard to watch. It shows children killed and wounded. Russian forces have increasingly targeted civilian areas, a violation of international law.)
[IN ENGLISH] And in the end, to sum it up, today, today it is not enough to be
the leader of the nation. Today takes to be the leader of the world.
Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.
Peace in your country doesn’t depend anymore only on you and your people.
It depends on those next to you, on those who are strong.
Strong doesn’t mean weak. Strong is brave and ready to fight for the life
of his citizens and citizens of the world. For human rights, for freedom,
for the right to live decently, and to die when your time comes.
And not when it’s wanted by someone else. By your neighbor.
[IN ENGLISH] Today the Ukrainian people are defending not only Ukraine,
we are fighting for the values of Europe and the world, [inaudible] in the name of
the future. That’s why today the American people are helping not just Ukraine,
but Europe and the world, to keep the planet alive, to keep justice in history.
Now I’m almost 45 years old. Today my age stopped when the heart of
more than 100 children stopped beating.
I see no sense in life if it cannot stop the deaths. And this is my main issue as
the leader of my people, great Ukrainians, and as the leader of my nation,
I am addressing the President Biden, you are the leader of the nation,
of your great nation. I wish you to be the leader of the world.
Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.
Thank you.
[IN UKRAINIAN] Glory to Ukraine.
[IN ENGLISH] Thank you for your support.
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