Zelensky to S.A. UN: Expel Russia from the body

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday called on the United Nations Security Council to take action against Russia, one of its permanent members, by one of its 14 partners.

Russia should not be allowed to remain in the UN Security Council as long as it continues to “terrorize” Ukrainian civilians, Zelensky said during a video conference address to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in New York.

He argued that the UN should establish the concept of a terrorist state in order for Russia to be classified as such. He also demanded that “an (international special) tribunal be set up to investigate everything Russian troops did against the Ukrainians.” He referred to several Russian attacks in Ukraine that killed civilians, children, women and the elderly.

The SA meeting was called after a rocket hit a shopping mall in Kremenchuk on Monday, killing at least 20 civilians and wounding dozens more in Kyiv.

Russia’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Dmitry Poliansky, reacted angrily to the Ukrainian president’s intervention, stressing that he was added to the program at the last minute by the Albanian presidency, without any information or approval from the SA member states. violation of the protocol and the practice of its work. “The Security Council should not be turned into a platform for President Zelensky to demand more weapons from NATO,” he said.

Moreover, in his recorded sermon, which was uploaded to the Telegram platform last night, Mr. Zelensky spoke of a “targeted” blow to the Kremenchuk shopping center, “apparently ordered”, with the aim of “killing as many (civilians) as possible”. According to him, 2,811 Russian missiles have hit Ukrainian cities, in addition to bombs and artillery shells.

Russia has denied the allegations in a statement issued Friday stating “Similar, baseless allegations concerning Russia’s foreign policy have been made more than once.

Russia’s Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the rocket-propelled grenade that hit his target had set the mall on fire “out of order”, he said.

Source: Capital

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