1c:I[5025,["2266","static/chunks/870fdd6f-6bc796c30d2d789b.js","6874","static/chunks/6874-1092c3b716d98184.js","3063","static/chunks/3063-d60ec0b08e19cd33.js","7698","static/chunks/7698-29ba5779557874ff.js","5801","static/chunks/app/podcast/%5BpodcastSlug%5D/%5BpodcastShortId%5D/%5BepisodeSlug%5D/%5BepisodeShortId%5D/page-b8b82ab127fe442b.js"],"default"] 1d:I[5163,["2266","static/chunks/870fdd6f-6bc796c30d2d789b.js","6874","static/chunks/6874-1092c3b716d98184.js","3063","static/chunks/3063-d60ec0b08e19cd33.js","7698","static/chunks/7698-29ba5779557874ff.js","5801","static/chunks/app/podcast/%5BpodcastSlug%5D/%5BpodcastShortId%5D/%5BepisodeSlug%5D/%5BepisodeShortId%5D/page-b8b82ab127fe442b.js"],"default"] 1e:T5c9,Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a video address before Congress Wednesday, in which he asked for additional support to protect the country's citizens against Russian military brutality.

Following the speech, Biden pledged to send an additional $800 million to Ukraine to boost security measures. This is in addition to $200 million in military aid to Ukraine Biden approved on Saturday.

One ask that Zelenskyy is not likely to see answered: a U.S.-led no fly zone, which the Biden administration opposes as it seeks to avoid a direct military conflict with Russia.

This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, acting congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh, and senior political editor and correspondent Ron Elving.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine's President, Addresses Congress

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