Ukraine president asks US for help; Jen Psaki thanks Russia for #ThrowbackThursday hat

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko addressed a joint session of Congress today, and asked U.S. lawmakers for military aid:

"America's war, too." Ukraine's president asks for help from U.S. Congress http://t.co/jmgT4yodEi pic.twitter.com/DFPCTfcXx2

— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 18, 2014

https://twitter.com/AndrewStilesUSA/status/512661472741453824

Shortly after Poroshenko’s plea to U.S. lawmakers for help fighting Russian-backed separatists, State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki observed “Throwback Thursday” by thanking Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the cool hat:

.@back_ttys still have the pink hat, thanks @mfa_russia , waiting for colder weather in DC #ThrowBackThursdays #tbt pic.twitter.com/q2rCClK3Xu

— Morgan Ortagus (@statedeptspox) September 18, 2014

Psaki made the comment in response to a question to #AskJen:

You're welcome, twitter. pic.twitter.com/jXR5UkjGok

— BT (@back_ttys) September 18, 2014

This might be more of a question for Hillary Clinton:

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/512667440367427584