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Ukraine war

Ukraine president's 'desperate' plea to Congress: Send more planes

Video call between Zelenskyy and some 300 members of Congress and staffs

U.S. Representative Brian Fitzpatrick wears a Ukrainian flag pin next to his Congressional pin, Mar. 3.   © Reuters

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fighting for his country's survival, Ukraine's leader made a "desperate" plea Saturday to American lawmakers for the United States to help get more warplanes to his military and cut off Russian oil imports as Kyiv tries to stave off the Russian invasion.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy opened the private video call with U.S. lawmakers by telling them this may be the last time they see him alive. He has remained in Kyiv, the capital, which has a vast Russian armored column threatening from the north.

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