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Eighty-one years later, nearly to the day, Congress welcomed yet another high-profile wartime leader, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose country has endured 10 months of bombardment from Russia. As he prepares to take the podium in Washington, the history of Mr Churchill's own decisive address looms large over the proceedings.