Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is making the rounds with international governments urging world powers to do more to intervene in Russia’s ongoing invasion of his nation. 

Yesterday, while addressing the US Congress Zelenskyy compared the attacks on Ukraine to the 9/11 terror attacks and Pearl Harbor. 

“Remember Pearl Harbor, terrible morning of December 7, 1941, when your sky was black from the planes attacking you. Just remember it,” said Zelenskyy. 

The Ukrainian president said that Sept. 11, 2001 was a “terrible day” where “independent territories” were “attacked from the air.” 

“Yes, just like no one else expected. You could not stop it. Our country experienced the same every day,” said Zelenskyy. 

Additionally, Zelenskyy quoted civil rights leader Martin Luther King in his speech. 

“I have a dream. These words are known to each of you. Today, I can say I have a need. A need to protect our sky. I need your decision, your help, which means exactly the same. The same you feel when you hear the words, I have a dream.”

Zelenskyy was referring to his request for NATO to declare a no-fly zone over Ukraine, which many have said could lead to a declaration of war between the US and Russia or a confrontation between two nuclear superpowers. 

The Ukrainian president made the same request while addressing the Canadian House of Commons a day earlier where he received a standing ovation from MPs. 

“We are not asking for much. We’re asking for justice, for real support,” said Zelenskyy. 

“Please close the sky, please close the airspace. Please stop the bombing. How many more cruise missiles have to fall on our cities before you make this happen?”

US President Joe Biden has expressed concerns over the request saying that it could be an escalation and prompt an all-out conflict. 

“(Biden) “continues to believe that a no-fly zone would be escalatory, and could prompt a war with Russia,” said White House press secretary Jen Psaki.