speech in which he really pushed for broad bipartisan support and he knew which buttons to press for which different representatives, obviously talking about iran, calling iran a terrorist state, talking without actually saying the word israel but warning of the danger of one of america s allies potentially being attacked by iran so he knew what he was going for there. he also used lots of historical analogies as we ve heard appealing to america s sort of sense of identity as a country that was born out of a revolution, fought for freedom but what i felt was interesting beyond that, anderson, just as i was watching president zelenskyy speak was how he has really sort of modeled himself as the anti-putin in almost every way. he is informal. he is approachable. he wears, you know, military fatigues or very simple
war against russia. from washington, nada tawfik has sent us this report. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, was embraced by us lawmakers with a long standing ovation, as he entered the house chamber. wearing his trademark military fatigues, he came here on this, his first trip abroad since the start of russia s invasion with a clear mission to secure america s continued support for the ongoing war in his country. as ukrainians brace for a potential new russian winter offensive, president zelensky told lawmakers the decisions of congress could save ukraine. financial assistance is also critically important, and i would like to thank you. thank you very much. thank you for both financial packages you have already provided us with and the ones you may be willing to decide on. your money is not charity.
and the government has warned passengers could face serious disruption. it s as more industrial action across various sectors is set to take place with royal mail workers going back to the picket line tomorrow and on christmas eve. meanwhile, rail workers from the rmt union will also strike from 3 o clock saturday, until the early hours of tuesday 27th december. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, has told a packed joint session of the us congress that the war in ukraine is a fight for the freedom of the world. in a rousing speech, he said his country was alive and kicking and any military aid it received was not charity but an investment in global security. it comes as president biden confirmed the us would provide nearly $2 billion in additional military aid to ukraine. our correspondent, nada tawfik, reports. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky was embraced by us lawmakers with a long standing ovation, as he entered the house chamber. wearing his trademark military
ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky was embraced by us lawmakers with a long standing ovation as he entered the house chamber. he wore his trademark military fatigues, coming here on this first trip abroad since the start of russia s invasion with a clear mission to secure america s continued support for the ongoing war in his country. as ukrainians brace for a potential new russian winter offensive, president zelensky told lawmakers the decisions of congress could save ukraine. financial assistance is also critically important and i would like to thank you, thank you very much, thank you for both financial packages you have already provided us with and the ones you may be willing to decide on. your money is not charity. it is an investment in