Zelenskyy visits King Charles III on UK trip, asks lawmakers for jets: 'every air force pilot is a king'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy descended upon the U.K. and urged members of Parliament and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to send warplanes to Ukraine.

Zelenskyy presented Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle with a Ukrainian fighter pilot helmet that bore the inscription:"We have freedom, give us wings to protect it."

Sir Lindsay Hoyle holds the helmet inscribed with the words"We have freedom, give us wings to protect it," which was presented to him by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London on Wednesday Feb. 8, 2023. Director of The Heritage Foundation's Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, Nile Gardiner, said Zelenskyy's visit to the U.K. carries"tremendous significance." "It's a reflection of the fact that the U.K. is the biggest supporter of Ukraine in Europe today," he told Fox News Digital.

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