Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to appear before the Council. For its part, Russia will present “detailed material demonstrating the true nature of what happened” in Bucha at a press conference in New York.
The British Ambassador to the UN, Barbara Woodward, has announced that the Security Council will deal with “evidence of war crimes” in Ukraine today, including that in the city of Bucha, on the outskirts of Kiev, where hundreds of bodies have turned up after the withdrawal of Russian troops.
“We are convening a Council on Ukraine on Tuesday to address the mounting evidence of war crimes, including that of Bucha,” Woodward said in a tweet. The United Kingdom has the rotating presidency of the Security Council during the month of April and thus the power to convene the body.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyplans to appear before the Security Council, and will also address the Congress of Deputies via videoconference.
In particular, Woodward has referred to the “heartbreaking” images published this weekend of bodies of handcuffed people with gunshot wounds, “unarmed civilians,” the British diplomat said.
“They have left more than 800 corpses in the streets and in mass graves. There are women who have been raped in front of their children,” he emphasized. Ukrainian authorities have reported 410 bodies in areas recovered by Ukrainian troops near Kiev.
“We are going to use our presidency to ensure that there is transparency, accountability and fairness,” explains Woodward.
Russia will present evidence that “demonstrates the true nature” of what happened
The appointment announced by the United Kingdom was previously scheduled and comes after the urgent Russian requests for the situation in Bucha . to deal withas explained by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
“Yesterday (Sunday) we asked for a meeting of the UN Security Council, (but) our British colleagues, who are now President of the Security Council, have refused. We also tried today (Monday), without success” , he said. in statements collected by the Russian news agency Interfax.
“They say that tomorrow (for today) they want to deal with the situation in Ukraine in all its aspects,” said the head of Russian diplomacy, who believes that “knowing British diplomacy, they will want to solve this bucha town fake with demagogic arguments about the nature of the Ukrainian crisis”.
Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov announced that they will present at a press conference in New York “Detailed material demonstrating the true nature of what happened” in Bucha.
“We are going to insist that the crimes committed by the Ukrainian armed forces, led by nationalists, by neo-Nazi battalions, are not without consequences,” he stressed.
Source: EITB
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