Zelensky makes US midterms plea

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on Tuesday called on American politicians to remain united in supporting Kiev, as it increasingly appeared that President Joe Biden’s Democrat might lose their majority in the US Congress in the midterm elections.

“Democracies must not stop on their way to the victory,” Zelensky said in a recorded video address to Americans. “As in any democratic society, Ukrainians have different views on life and politics. But when Russia decided to destroy our freedom and wipe Ukraine off the face of the earth, we immediately got united and we keep this unity.”

“I call on you to maintain unwavering unity, as it is now, until that very day when we all hear those important words we have been dreaming of… Until we hear that peace has finally been restored,” he added, according to AFP.

Citing the conflict, Zelensky has invoked