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Zelensky tells Congress Ukraine is ‘alive and kicking’

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Zelensky says Ukraine is ‘alive and kicking’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine is “alive and kicking” in his address to a joint meeting of Congress on Dec. 21. (Video: The Washington Post, Photo: Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post)
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Updated December 21, 2022 at 8:29 p.m. EST|Published December 21, 2022 at 2:07 a.m. EST
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that Ukraine is “alive and kicking” and has defeated invading Russia “in the battle for minds of the world.” In his address to a joint meeting of Congress, where he received a rousing welcome, Zelensky thanked the United States for billions of dollars in military aid. “Your money is not charity. It is an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way.”

Sen. Rounds: When one country invades another, ‘you have to respond’
McCarthy: ‘I support Ukraine,’ but not a ‘blank check’
Zelensky says Ukraine is ‘alive and kicking’

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  • President Biden announced a new $1.85 billion security assistance package that will include the Patriot missile system, the most advanced ground-based air defense system.
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a meeting Wednesday with the Defense Ministry, spoke of “new” Russian territories and claimed that what is happening in Ukraine “is not the result of our policies but the result of third countries.”
  • Both Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called on their colleagues to approve additional aid to Ukraine. McConnell said defeating the “Russian invaders” is in “cold, hard, practical American interests.”
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President Biden announced a new $1.85 billion security assistance package that will include the Patriot missile system, the most advanced ground-based air defense system.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a meeting Wednesday with the Defense Ministry, spoke of “new” Russian territories and claimed that what is happening in Ukraine “is not the result of our policies but the result of third countries.”
Both Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called on their colleagues to approve additional aid to Ukraine. McConnell said defeating the “Russian invaders” is in “cold, hard, practical American interests.”

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