Should America Enact a No-Fly Zone in Ukraine?
The Daily Signal Podcast
The Daily Signal
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🗓️ 21 April 2021
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave a speech in front of Congress today. Zelenskyy urged America to continue supporting Ukraine as Russian forces march their way through the country. He also encouraged America to enact a no-fly zone around Ukraine to stop Russian terror in the skies. But what is a no-fly zone? And is it a good idea?
Heritage Foundation Research Associate for Russia and Eurasia Alexis Mrachek joins this bonus episode of The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss what a no-fly zone would entail, as well as dissect the rest of Zelenskyy’s speech.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, they're Daily Signal listeners, Doug Blair here, joining you for a very special bonus |
| 0:11.1 | episode of the Daily Signal podcast. |
| 0:13.8 | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky just addressed the U.S. Congress, asking for continued |
| 0:18.7 | support against the Russian invasion still ongoing in Ukraine. |
| 0:22.7 | We have Heritage Foundation expert Alexis Morachik here to discuss what exactly that speech |
| 0:27.9 | entailed, what he wants from America and what the future holds for the Ukrainian people. |
| 0:32.5 | You don't want to miss it. |
| 0:33.5 | Stay tuned. |
| 0:37.5 | My guess today is Alexis Morachik, a research associate for Russia and Eurasia here at |
| 0:50.7 | the Heritage Foundation. |
| 0:51.7 | Alexis, welcome to the show. |
| 0:53.3 | Thanks for having me on. |
| 0:54.8 | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a speech to Congress about the ongoing situation |
| 1:00.2 | in Ukraine. |
| 1:01.2 | So I'm assuming you listen to it and what were your impressions of that speech? |
| 1:04.9 | Yeah, it was about a 15 to 20 minute address to Congress and it was amazing at the beginning |
| 1:09.6 | because he received not a standing ovation but claps from everyone in the audience for |
| 1:14.7 | probably two minutes straight and it was just extremely moving. |
| 1:18.3 | I think everyone is impressed by how Zelensky is handling this situation. |
| 1:22.4 | But yeah, overall I would say he gave a really great address. |
| 1:26.6 | Of course, he was appealing to the emotions of Americans. |
| 1:30.2 | He was mentioning Mount Rushmore and then Pearl Harbor, 9-11, the I have a dream speech |
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