Zelensky will address Congress on Wednesday after he urged Biden to block Russian access to shipping routes from the rest of the world

Zelensky will address Congress on Wednesday after he urged Biden to block Russian access to shipping routes from the rest of the world and demanded more sanctions against Putin and the Kremlin’s elite during

• Volodymyr Zelensky and Joe Biden spoke for 49 minutes on Friday 
• That same day, the US and other G7 nations called for normal trade relations with Russia to be cut, moving to strip it of ‘most favored nation’ status in the WTO 
• Biden also limited imports of Russian seafood, alcohol and diamonds
• Meanwhile a rocket attack on Kyiv killed two people overnight Monday
• Ukrainian officials say more than 2,000 have been killed in Russia’s siege of the city of Mariupol, and that more civilians are dead from the war than its military
• Zelensky will address a joint session of Congress on Wednesday 
• Russian officials are reportedly seeking economic and military help from China