Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the UN Security Council, recounting in graphic detail how civilians have been killed by Russian forces.
“Civilians were crushed by Russian tanks in the middle of the road, just for their pleasure. Their limbs were cut, women were raped, their tongues were cut out if their captors didn’t hear what they wanted.”
He compares the actions to Islamic State, and says Russia “enflames wars and deliberately leads them in such a way to kill as many regular civilians and cities, to leave the country where they deploy their troops in ruins and filled with mass graves. You all see that.
“Where is the security the Security Council is supposed to secure? It’s not there,” he adds, noting the body’s inability to act.
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