Watch Live: Zelensky Addresses Congress In Emotional Plea For West-Imposed ‘No Fly Zone’

President Zelensky’s virtual address before both chambers of Congress, scheduled for 9am eastern time, is expected to include an emotional appeal by the Ukrainian leader to stop the Russian advance by a West-backed no-fly zone. This is precisely what he urged in a speech to Canadian parliament yesterday, for which he received several minutes of standing ovation from Canadian lawmakers. 

Further he’s expected to put pressure on US leadership toward fulfilling of a weapons ‘wish list’ amid the Russian onslaught. He’s asking for more armed drones, surface-to-air missile systems, including Stingers, and more Javelin anti-tank missiles, as well as communications jamming equipment. This part of the request is expected to be fulfilled as Biden rolls out an extra $800 million in military aid to Ukraine. Watch Live:

While there’s been near unanimous bipartisan support for getting more weapons to Ukrainian armed forces throughout the opening 21 days of war, the idea of a no-fly zone has so far been shut down by the Biden administration, given as the US president stressed it would lead to a World War 3 scenario. 

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki reiterated Tuesday that closing the sky – as Zelensky has put it – would lead to direct war between NATO and Russia:

“A no-fly zone, which people often shorthand, essentially means us shooting down Russian planes and them potentially shooting us,” Psaki said at her daily briefing.

The president “continues to believe that a no-fly zone would be escalatory,” Psaki said.

“What we have the responsibility to do here is to assess what the impact is on the United States and our own national security,” Psaki said. “A no-fly zone is escalatory and could promote a war with Russia, a major nuclear power.”

As the below bizarre exchange from yesterday demonstrates, we can expend mainstream media pundits to seize on Zelensky’s 9am speech to cheerlead Washington into major war and catastrophe:

This is wild pic.twitter.com/CNZZ1wVzcz

— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) March 16, 2022

Biden himself last week said bluntly that a no-fly zone would likely lead to “World War III.”