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'I am asking for weapons,' Ukrainian first lady tells US Congress

AFP, 20 Jul 2022
Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska appeals to members of the US Congress for air-defense systems and weapons in her country’s fight against Russia’s invasion. "I am asking for weapons," she says in an address at the US Capitol in Washington. "Weapons that would not be used to wage a war on somebody else’s land, but to protect one's home and the right to wake up alive in that home."

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