Polish FM accuses Russia of ‘state terrorism’ in Security Council address

Poland’s foreign minister is accusing Russia of “state terrorism” for targeting civilians, schools, hospitals and other civilian infrastructure, “in an attempt to break the spirit of the Ukrainian people.”

Zbigniew Rau tells the UN Security Council that Russia’s “unprovoked, unjustified and premeditated aggression” against Ukraine was “poorly prepared and executed (and) turned out to be a strategic and tactical failure.”

“But instead of preventing further unnecessary deaths in its own ranks, the Kremlin changed its tactics,” he said. “The invading force started to target the civilian population and infrastructure” in violation of the Geneva Conventions and international humanitarian law to try to break the Ukrainian resistance.

Rau addresses the Security Council’s annual meeting with the Organization for Security and Cooperation as the OSCE’s rotating chair.