Newsman: Six UN security council nations — the United States, United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Norway, and Albania —have requested an open session on Ukraine before the United Nations is expected to vote on a Russian humanitarian resolution. The Russian resolution is sharply criticized for making no mention of its invasion of Ukraine.
The resolution is expected to be voted on by the council Friday. On Thursday six Security Council nations made the request for the an open session of the council again.
Meanwhile, a tweet by the U.N. mission of the United Kingdom said,
“Russia is committing war crimes and targeting civilians. Russia’s illegal war on Ukraine is a threat to us all,”
Ukrainian and Russian delegations held talks again Wednesday by video. An official in Zelenskyy’s office said the main subject under discussion was whether after the war and where Russian troops would remain in separatist regions in eastern Ukraine the borders would be.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the “special operation” in Ukraine is going according to plan.
Ukrainian officials said Russian airstrikes ripped apart a theater in Mariupol that served as a makeshift shelter for hundreds of people.
The strikes left many people buried in the burning rubble, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said in a statement. There was no immediate word on how many people were killed or injured.
In a speech aired on Russian TV, Putin repeated a number of claims about the invasion, including the conspiracy theory that Ukraine was developing “weapons of mass destruction” like nuclear and bioweapons. He also said that in enacting sanctions, the West is trying to “cancel” Russia.
