Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Presses Israel for Missile Defense Help, Fighting Rages in Mariupol

Cars drive past a destroyed Russian tank as a convoy of vehicles evacuating civilians leaves Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, March 9, 2022. (AP)

Russian and Ukrainian forces fought for control of the port city of Mariupol on Sunday, local authorities said, while President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appealed to Israel for help pushing back the Russian assault on his country.

During a video link address to the Israeli parliament, Zelenskiy questioned Israel's reluctance to sell its Iron Dome missile defense system to Ukraine. It was the latest in a series of appeals he has made for help from abroad.