these are live images from dulles international airport in virginia outside of washington. that s a russian government plane arrived there a little after 2:00 p.m. eastern this afternoon. take russian u.n. mission personnel expelled for abuse of privileges of residence and goal back to russia. the u.s. government approved a special exception flight chartered by the russian government in accordance with federal regulations. we need more help. that was the message ukrainian president zelenskyy gave to u.s. lawmakers on an hour-long call this morning. top of zelenskyy s list, no-fly zone. something he requested again despite the u.s. and nato repeatedly ruling that out. he also asked for more air capabilities and tougher sanctions on russia. joined now by someone on that call. co-chair of the congressional ukraine caucus, democratic congressman mike quigley. thanks for being with us, congressman. what can you tell us about the zoom call and which request do you see as actionable on our
ground. appearing over zoom before nearly 300 u.s. lawmakers, ukraine s president pleaded for more military aid. president zelensky made the case for ukraine. don t let them exterminate us. reporter: congressman mike quigley, a cochair of the ukraine caucus, says zelensky s message was blunt we need air support. either close the skies or give us the planes, one way or the other, because, you know, the battle is often won in the air. he made it clear that that seems to be critical right now. reporter: but what ukraineise needs is russian-made migs, an aircraft its pilots are trained to fly. there are planes available by nato nations, migs, that the ukrainians can fly. they re waiting to be delivered. reporter: lawmakers say president zelensky also called for tougher sanctions, specifically targeting russia s
the congressional ukraine caucus. good to have you here, my friend. let s get into this. first thing, you were on the call this morning with ukrainian president zelenskyy. from what you can tell us, what was his message, and what is your assessment on the current situation? yeah, alex, we re going back to work on monday in washington, d.c., to consider a $10 billion aid package, humanitarian and defense purposes. this was the ultimate, lack of a better way to describe it, a pep talk. you couldn t help being moved by the president s demeanor, calm, powerful, appreciative. i m no stenographer, but i took notes, and it s just it s hard to put into words, the things he said, he said at the end, we are all one big army, undefeatable. we represent an ideal unity worth fighting for. if we win, it s a victory over
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apparently. president zelenskyy saying there are children under the rubble. british prime minister boris johnson just tweeting out this. quote, there are few things more depraved than targeting the vulnerable and defenseless adding the uk is exploring more support for ukraine to defend against air strikes and we will hold putin to account for his terrible crimes. how to do that, though, remains a big, big question. joining me now is democratic congressman mike quigley who serves on the intelligence committee, co-chairman of the congressional ukraine caucus. thank you for being here. these images coming in throughout the hour of what ukrainians say is the bombing of a maternity hospital in mariupol, utter devastation. looking at this, what do you say? can we stop talking about ukraine as not being a member of nato? can we stop prefacing everything we say about our reaction to this as if they re not a member of nato?