Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the European Parliament in an emotional message, explaining that he was doing so amid a break in missile strikes.
The president outlined his belief that Ukraine deserved to be part of the EU and had shown so in its fight for survival and to be "equal" members of Europe.
"I believe that we, today, we're giving lives for the desire to be equal, as much as you are. We are giving away our best people."
"Nobody is going to break us. We are strong. We are Ukrainian," Zelenskyy added. "We have proven our strengths. We have proven that as a minimum we are exactly the same as you are."
"Prove that you are with us. Do prove that you will not let us go. Do prove that you indeed are Europeans."