Zelenskiy visits London and echoes Churchill

Ukraine's President Zelenskiy visited London this week - appealing for modern jet fighters to protect his nation's freedom.
Published on

By Therese Raphael

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy came to Britain Wednesday hat in hand, literally. The war-torn country's leader paused his speech in the historic 900-year-old Westminster Hall to present Speaker of the House Lindsay Hoyle the helmet of one of Ukraine's ace fighter-pilots with the inscription, "we have freedom. Now give us the wings to protect it."

Speaking in English and dressed simply in those familiar khaki fatigues, Zelenskiy appealed for modern jet fighters, but he gave the MPs something beyond planes to think about.

___STEADY_PAYWALL___

Loading content, please wait...

Related Stories

No stories found.
BizNews
www.biznews.com