Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the international support for Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion offers "concrete proof that freedom is still able to defend itself against tyranny".
In his nightly address on Friday, marking 65 days since the invasion began, he praised the US revival of the Second World War-era "Lend-Lease" support programme, saying it will be "very helpful in the fight against Russia, against the Russian invaders. Which helped a lot in the fight against the Nazis during World War II".
He added: "I am sure that now the Lend-Lease will help Ukraine and the whole free world beat the ideological successors of the Nazis, who started a war against us on our land. Lend-Lease and other programs in support of Ukraine are concrete proof that freedom is still able to defend itself against tyranny."
