Zelensky begs US for fighter jets and a Russian oil embargo

Ukraine needs an influx of fighter jets from NATO allies and an embargo on Russian oil, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told U.S. lawmakers on the heels of NATO’s refusal to impose a no-fly zone in Ukrainian skies.

Ukrainian fighters need the jets “because their [anti-aircraft defenses] got destroyed on day one,” a source familiar with the conversation told the Washington Examiner, adding that Zelensky also communicated during a virtual meeting with U.S. lawmakers Saturday morning that they “need an oil embargo on Russia.”