Ukraine’s Zelensky to address US Senate today

International

oi-Deepika S

New
Delhi,
Mar
05:
Ukrainian
President
Volodymyr
Zelensky,
leading
his
country’s
battle
against
the
Russian
invasion,
will
address
the
US
Senate
on
Saturday,
via
Zoom
in
the
morning
Washington
time
at
the
request
of
Ukraine.

Amid
the
Russian
invasion,
some
US
lawmakers
are
urging
President
Joe
Biden
to
take
a
tougher
stance
against
Russia,
such
as
by
suspending
imports
of
its
oil.

Amid
rumours,
Ukrainian
MP
Yevheniia
Kravchuk
has
slammed
Russian
propaganda
and
refuted
the
rumours.
Further,
she
remarked
that
President
Volodymyr
Zelensky
continues
to
remain
in
Ukraine’s
capital
Kyiv.

“Information
spread
by
Russian
media
that
President
Zelensky
fled
to
Poland
is
fake
news.
He
is
in
Ukraine,
in
Kyiv
and
is
cooperating
with
the
government
and
the
militaries,”
said
Yevheniia
Kravchuk.

Meanwhile,
President
Zelensky
himself
also
rejected
rumors
hat
he
has
fled
from
the
country.
“I’m
in
Kyiv,
at
my
workplace,
I
work.
Nobody
ran
away
anywhere”,
–
said
Volodymyr
Zelenskyy
from
his
office
on
Bankova
Street.

“Every
two
days
there
is
information
that
I
have
escaped
somewhere:
from
Ukraine,
from
Kyiv,
from
the
office.
I
am
here,
on
the
spot.
No
one
has
run
away.
We
are
working”,
–
said
President
Zelensky
denying
the
information
that
he
allegedly
left
from
Ukraine.

The
US
has
ruled
out
sending
troops
to
Ukraine
and
hasn’t
agreed
to
a
no-fly
zone
over
Ukraine
that
could
lead
to
clashes
with
Russian
warplanes.
With
no
letup
in
the
war,
the
White
House
has
asked
Congress
for
$10
billion
in
emergency
funding,
with
money
going
toward
humanitarian
aid
and
security
needs.

Approval
could
come
as
soon
as
next
week.
Lawmakers
are
also
pushing
the
Biden
administration
to
halt
oil
imports
from
Russia,
a
move
that
could
tighten
the
vise
on
the
country’s
increasingly
isolated
economy.