tour, has been to london, has been to paris, and now he will appeal to eu leaders more widely for more help withjets and long range eu leaders more widely for more help with jets and long range weapons to bolster kyiv s defences against the expected spring offensive. almost a year to the day that russia invaded ukraine. let s listen the welcome given to president zelensky in brussels. applause we are here today on this historic occasion to welcome the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, to the european parliament. this is an extraordinary moment, an extraordinary moment, an extraordinary time. it has been almost one year since the brutal, illegal invasion of sovereign ukraine by russia. in all that time, mr president, your leadership has inspired your people, inspired every corner of the globe. when the world thinks of ukraine, they think of heroes, fighting the odds. of david beating goliath, they think of the icons of snake island, the warriors of mariupol, the libera
West by election. We can either spend time feeling sorry for ourselves, or we can take another course of action. Let ourselves, or we can take another course of action. Course of action. Let me tell you what that course of action. Let me tell you what that is course of action. Let me tell you what that is. We course of action. Let me tell you what that is. We roll course of action. Let me tell you what that is. We roll up course of action. Let me tell you what that is. We roll up our what that is. We roll up our sleeves, we work harder than ever before for the people of scotland, and this is how im going to lead this party forward. It starts by standing by our values, sticking up for what we believe in, and always, every day, standing up for the people of scotland. Friends, we have used our time on government to cement our Social Contract with the people. A contract that says, yes, those who earn the most should pay the most. The Social Contract in which everyone benefits, regardless.
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expertise. that is real solidarity. applause iam i am proud to say that this house of european democracy, its members, our european democracy, its members, our european union has always stood with you. we understand that you are fighting not only for your values, but four hours. for those ideas that bind us, as sisters and brothers. they may close all european. because ukraine is europe and your nation s future is in the european union. applause
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