Zelenskyy Pleads with World Leaders for Arms to Fight Russia

2022-03-25

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  • American President Joe Biden and Western allies promised Thursday to order new sanctions against Russia and provide more humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
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  • Earlier, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the leaders to provide more military aid so the country can fight Russia's invasion.
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  • He spoke with the leaders over video links.
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  • The unusual series of meetings were organized by NATO, the Group of Seven industrialized nations and the European Union.
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  • Western leaders continue the search for ways to increase pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin, but avoid anything that could expand military actions.
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  • Zelenskky spoke to a NATO gathering by video from Kyiv.
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  • He called for "military assistance without limitations" as Russia is "without limits using its entire arsenal."
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  • He asked for anti-air and anti-ship weapons.
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  • He urged NATO to provide Ukraine with one percent of all its tanks and planes.
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  • "We can't just buy those," Zelenskyy said.
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  • "When we will have all this, it will give us, just like you, 100 percent security."
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  • Biden, who is attending all three meetings, said more aid was on its way.
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  • "We are committed to identifying additional equipment, including air defense systems, to help Ukraine," Biden said in a written statement after the NATO meeting.
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  • Billions of dollars worth of military equipment have already been provided.
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  • An American official said Western nations were discussing the possibility of providing anti-ship weapons.
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  • There are concerns that Russia will launch attacks Ukraine from the Black Sea.
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  • The Biden administration announced that the U.S. will welcome 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and provide an additional $1 billion in food, medicine, water and other supplies.
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  • It also said it will increase sanctions against Russia to include lawmakers and owners of weapon manufacturing companies.
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  • As Russia's difficulties increase, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned China against coming to its rescue.
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  • "They should join the rest of the world and clearly condemn the brutal war against Ukraine and not support Russia," he said.
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  • The leaders also discussed Russia's most dangerous weaponry, including biological, chemical and nuclear arms.
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  • Biden has said that possibility is a "real threat."
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  • Earlier this week, Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told CNN Russia could consider using its nuclear weapons if it felt there was "an existential threat for our country."
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  • One European diplomat said Western leaders would continue having quiet discussions on what to do if Russia uses what would be the world's first use of a tactical nuclear weapon.
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  • The Russian invasion has caused European nations to reconsider their military spending.
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  • Stoltenberg opened the NATO meeting by saying NATO must accept "a new security reality in Europe."
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  • "We are united in condemning the Kremlin's unprovoked aggression," Stoltenberg said.
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  • There is a worry that unity will be tested as the cost of the war begins to affect the international economy.
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  • The increase of forces along NATO's edge will also put financial pressure on its member countries.
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  • I'm Susan Shand.
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  • American President Joe Biden and Western allies promised Thursday to order new sanctions against Russia and provide more humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
  • 2
  • Earlier, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the leaders to provide more military aid so the country can fight Russia's invasion. He spoke with the leaders over video links.
  • 3
  • The unusual series of meetings were organized by NATO, the Group of Seven industrialized nations and the European Union.
  • 4
  • Western leaders continue the search for ways to increase pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin, but avoid anything that could expand military actions.
  • 5
  • Zelenskky spoke to a NATO gathering by video from Kyiv. He called for "military assistance without limitations" as Russia is "without limits using its entire arsenal." He asked for anti-air and anti-ship weapons.
  • 6
  • He urged NATO to provide Ukraine with one percent of all its tanks and planes.
  • 7
  • "We can't just buy those," Zelenskyy said. "When we will have all this, it will give us, just like you, 100 percent security."
  • 8
  • Biden, who is attending all three meetings, said more aid was on its way.
  • 9
  • "We are committed to identifying additional equipment, including air defense systems, to help Ukraine," Biden said in a written statement after the NATO meeting.
  • 10
  • Billions of dollars worth of military equipment have already been provided. An American official said Western nations were discussing the possibility of providing anti-ship weapons. There are concerns that Russia will launch attacks Ukraine from the Black Sea.
  • 11
  • The Biden administration announced that the U.S. will welcome 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and provide an additional $1 billion in food, medicine, water and other supplies.
  • 12
  • It also said it will increase sanctions against Russia to include lawmakers and owners of weapon manufacturing companies.
  • 13
  • As Russia's difficulties increase, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned China against coming to its rescue.
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  • "They should join the rest of the world and clearly condemn the brutal war against Ukraine and not support Russia," he said.
  • 15
  • The leaders also discussed Russia's most dangerous weaponry, including biological, chemical and nuclear arms.
  • 16
  • Biden has said that possibility is a "real threat." Earlier this week, Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told CNN Russia could consider using its nuclear weapons if it felt there was "an existential threat for our country."
  • 17
  • One European diplomat said Western leaders would continue having quiet discussions on what to do if Russia uses what would be the world's first use of a tactical nuclear weapon.
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  • The Russian invasion has caused European nations to reconsider their military spending. Stoltenberg opened the NATO meeting by saying NATO must accept "a new security reality in Europe."
  • 19
  • "We are united in condemning the Kremlin's unprovoked aggression," Stoltenberg said.
  • 20
  • There is a worry that unity will be tested as the cost of the war begins to affect the international economy.
  • 21
  • The increase of forces along NATO's edge will also put financial pressure on its member countries.
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  • I'm Susan Shand.
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  • The Associated Press reported this story. Susan Shand adapted it for Learning English.
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  • Words in This Story
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  • sanctions - n. an action that is taken or an order that is given to force a country to obey international laws by limiting or stopping trade with that country, by not allowing economic aid for that country, etc. - usually plural
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  • arsenal - n. a collection of weapons and military equipment stored by a country, person, or group.
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  • amphibious - adj. involving forces landed from the sea.
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  • brutal - adj. violent and cruel
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  • existential (threat)- adj. a threat to something's very existence-when the continued being of something is at stake or in danger. It is used to describe threats to actual living things as well to nonliving thing things, such as a country or an ideology
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  • provoke - v. anger, irritate, or annoy.
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  • accelerate - v. to increase or to go faster
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