Zelensky tells Congress Ukraine is ‘alive and kicking’

Here’s what to know

• 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.”