Welcome to Thursday’s Early Edition from i.
In December 1941, Winston Churchill stood before US Congress and delivered a rousing 30-minute speech that cemented America’s involvement with the Allied war effort. “The forces ranged against us are enormous. They are bitter, they are ruthless,” he said. “Here we are together, defending all that to free men is dear.” In the early hours of this morning, and nearly 81 years later, Volodymyr Zelensky delivered his own powerful and…