Zelenskiy invokes fight against Nazi Germany in speech to US Congress

Ukrainian president's first foreign trip since Russia invaded was made amid concern that Republicans might oppose future funding proposals

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has given a defiant address to a joint session of the US Congress in which he vowed that his country would never abandon its resistance to Russian aggression - but said that Washington's continued support is key to ultimate victory.

Zelenskiy was received with a standing ovation as he arrived to speak wearing his now trademark green military-style trousers and shirt. The Ukrainian leader was repeatedly met with long bursts of applause as he invoked US battles against Nazi Germany and President Franklin Roosevelt's wartime commitments in a bid to keep American weapons supplies flowing for the war against Russia.