Zelensky gives UK helmet saying ‘We have freedom. Give us wings to protect it’
The Metro says Volodymyr Zelensky has proclaimed victory over Russia ‘will change the world’ in his historic address to Parliament.
He called for ‘wings for freedom’ as he gifted a helmet from a Ukrainian fighter pilot to Britain.
It was inscribed with the words: ‘We have freedom, give us wings to protect it.’
Giving a speech at Westminster Hall, Zelensky spoke of how bravery ‘rewards victory’ and issued a personal thanks to former prime minister Boris Johnson.
He added: ‘We know freedom will win. We know Russia will lose and this will change the world.
‘I appeal to you and the world with simple and yet most important words: combat aircraft for Ukraine, wings for freedom.
‘London has stood with Kyiv since day one, from the first seconds and minutes of the full-scale war, Great Britain you extended your helping hand when the world had not yet come to understand how to react.