Zelensky Fights Back Tears As He Makes Impassioned Appeal To EU Leaders

• Zelensky made an impassioned appeal to European Union leaders while fighting back tears.

• The Ukrainian leader addressed the Parliament on Thursday morning as part of the last leg of a 48-hour round trip that began in the United Kingdom.

• This is the longest known period Mr Zelensky has spent away from Ukraine since Russia first invaded.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the European Parliament on Thursday morning as part of the last leg of a 48-hour round trip that began in the United Kingdom.

As the President took to the stage, he uttered the phrase “Slava Ukraini!”, which translates to “Glory to Ukraine”.

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It has become a phrase symbolic of the fight against Russia, as much as Mr Zelensky himself has become the face of the resistance.

As he shouted the phrase, a standing crowd of European members of Parliament then shouted the phrase back in a powerful moment that speaks to the unity of the West with Ukraine in the fight against Russia and Vladimir Putin.

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This is the longest known period Mr Zelensky has spent away from Ukraine since Russia first invaded.

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