Ukraine’s president: Russia has become ‘a terrorist’ state
Ukraine’s president: Russia has become ‘a terrorist’ state
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia on Tuesday as a “terrorist” country that carried out the “daily terrorist acts” and urged the Russian expulsion from the United Nations.
In a virtual speech to the US Security Council, Zelenskyy urged the US to establish an international court to investigate “Russian invaders in the land of Ukraine” and ask for the country’s accountability.
We need to act urgently to do everything to make Russia stop the killing,” Zelenskyy said, warning that if not “terrorist activities” Russia would spread to other European countries and Asia, choosing Baltic countries, Poland, Moldova and Kazakhstan .
What is punished at a certain level of criminals and criminal organizations must not be punished at the state level that has become a terrorist,” he said. “Daily terrorist actions. No holiday. They work as terrorists every day. “
In urging Russia’s dismissal from 193 UN members, Zelenskyy quoted Article 6 of the US Charter which states that a member “who is continuously violates the principles contained in the charter can currently be expelled from the organization by the General Assembly for the recommendation the Security Council. “
Russian expulsion, however, is almost impossible. That’s because as a member of the permanent Russian council will be able to use Veto to block all efforts to overthrow him.
Ukraine held a council meeting after a new Russian attack on the attack including a flirty air strike on a crowded shopping center in the central city of Kremenchuk which according to Zelenskyy killed at least 18 people and injured 30 others. “Dozens of disappear” and body fragments have been found including hands and feet, he said, added that unfortunately there might be more victims.
The leader of Ukraine began his speech which included Russian attacks in the last few days and gave the first name and age of many victims. He ended his speech asking 15 members of the Security Council and others in the room to stand with a silent respect to commemorate the “tens of thousands of children” of children and adults who were killed in war.
When he took the floor later, Polyansky protested to give Zelenskyy a second chance to speak to the Security Council, a decision by Albania who held the president of the council this month.
Russian envoys said the address of the Ukraine President’s video violated the existing council tradition and practice that the leaders who wanted to talk to the council must be present in the room.
The US Security Council must not be changed to a platform for long -distance PR campaigns from President Zelenskyy to get more weapons from participants at the NATO Summit” starting Wednesday in Madrid, Polyansky said.
He claimed that there was no Russian strike at a shopping center in Kremenchuk, said Russian precision weapons crashed into a hangar at the Kremenchuk road machine factory with weapons and ammunition from the United States and Europe destined for Ukrainian troops in East Donbass.
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