Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian troops are guilty of the worst crimes since World War II.
“The massacre in our city of Bucha is unfortunately only an example of what the occupiers have been doing in our land for 41 days,” he tells the UN Security Council, predicting that atrocities will be uncovered in other places as well.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the UN Security Council on April 5, 2022. (screen capture: UNTV)
He says Russia feels like it can get away with anything, and urges the international community to make an example of Russia by acting against it.
Russia is a colonizer, invading Ukraine for its wealth and to turn its people into slaves, he charges.
He returns to chiding the UN for its inability to act against atrocities, not only in Ukraine, and uphold its charter.
“The UN can just be closed. Is international law gone? If the answer is no, then you must act immediately.”
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