it's cold. it's part of a diplomatic effort to and the war. the israeli prime minister, naftali bennett, for yesterday to meet with volodymyr zelenskyy. no other details of that meeting have been released. israel is trying to position itself as a mediator, having maintained close ties with both russia and ukraine, along with the united states and the west. notably, prime minister of bennett and ukrainians volodymyr zelenskyy are the only jewish heads of national governments in the world. the meeting with putin occurred hours after zelenskyy participated in a virtual meeting with u.s. senators and mirror numbers of congress, where he reiterated his request for a no fly zone over ukraine, pushing hard for additional aircraft that his air force could fly, and an embargo on russian oil. later, president biden had a phone call with zelenskyy. the u.s. state department has