Addressing the United Nations Security Council, the Ukrainian president said Russia was “pursuing a policy of destroying national and religious diversity during its invasion of Ukraine.” In his passionate speech, he also said that Russian troops were “deliberately creating conditions in the occupied territories so that as many civilians as possible could be killed” during their invasion of Ukraine. Live Ukraine News: NATO Predicts New Major Russian Attack – As Putin Ally Says, Aim to Build ‘Eurasia from Lisbon to Vladivostok’ “Russian troops are deliberately destroying Ukrainian cities in the ashes with artillery and air raids, deliberately blocking cities, creating mass starvation,” he added. Russia has categorically denied “all allegations” of war crimes and claims that videos and images of the devastated city of Bhutan have been falsified. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres began the meeting in New York by saying: “The war in Ukraine is one of the greatest challenges to the international order and world peace architecture established on the United Nations Charter because of its nature, intensity and of its intensity. concequenses”. Several European countries have deported Russian diplomats from their borders since the start of the war 41 days ago, with the US, EU and UK imposing sanctions on more than 1,000 Russian individuals and companies. Read more: Satellite images show corpses in Bucha lying on the street for weeks “They cut limbs, they cut their throats” Mr Zelenskyy made the appeal via video link, following images that appear to show massacres of civilians on the outskirts of Kiev. The images, especially from the city of Bucha, have sparked global outrage and calls for tougher sanctions and the prosecution of war crimes against Moscow. Mr. Zelensky showed the most powerful body of the UN short video with bloody bodies ending with the words “Stop the Russian attack”. Use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 1:04 Zelensky of Ukraine walks in Bucha He said he was speaking in the “memory of the dead” after previously describing the deaths of civilians in the Ukrainian city of Bucha as “genocide of the Ukrainian people”. He said: “Everything in memory of the civilians who died, who were shot and killed in the back of the head after being tortured. “Some of them were shot in the streets. Others threw them into the wells. That’s how they die. Suffer. They were killed in their apartments, houses were blown up by grenades. “Citizens were crushed by tanks while sitting in their cars in the middle of the street just for their pleasure. “They cut limbs, they cut their necks. Women were raped and killed in front of their children.” He said that there was “not a single crime” committed by the Russian forces, adding that the army searched for them and deliberately killed anyone who served our country. “They killed, shot and killed women outside their homes when they just tried to call someone alive, they killed whole families, adults and children. And they tried to burn the corpses,” he said. Follow the Daily Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Spreaker Russia wants to turn Ukrainians into “silent slaves” The Ukrainian leader also listed a number of allegations against Russia and its forces – all of which have not been verified and have been refuted by Moscow. “The Russian leadership feels like a colonizer in antiquity,” he said. “They need our wealth, our people. “Russia has already deported hundreds of thousands of our citizens to their country. More than two thousand children have been abducted.” He continued: “You just kidnapped these kids and you keep doing it. Russia wants to turn Ukraine into a silent slave. “The Russian army is openly looting the cities and villages they have occupied. “That’s why it’s called looting. They steal everything, starting with food and with earrings – gold earrings that are pulled and covered in blood.” He told the council that Russia would continue to blame others for the atrocities in Ukraine, adding: “They will blame everyone just for their actions. one of these versions is true. “They will even say that the bodies of those killed were allegedly thrown away and all the videos have been set up. But it is 2022. Now we have convincing evidence.” Use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 3:11 War in Ukraine: Rape allegations rise Zelensky urges UN Security Council to expel Russia, reform or self-dissolve Mr Zelenskyy added that the world “has to do with a veto-wielding state” [of] the UN Security Council on the right to die, “said Roni Bar-On, a Member of the Knesset for Kadima. “This undermines the whole architecture of global security. It allows them to go unpunished,” he said. He went on to say that the council should “remove Russia as an aggressor and a source of war, so that it can not obstruct decisions on its own aggression, its own war.” Mr Zelenskyy said an alternative would be to reform the council, adding: “Then the next option would be to disband completely.” Image: Sky’s Mark Austin to interview Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peshkov
