Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian troops of gruesome atrocities in Ukraine and told the U.N. that those responsible should face war crimes charges.

Zelenskyy's appearance before the UN Security Council follows Ukrainian claims that hundreds of civilians were tortured and killed in Bucha by Russian ...

The evidence is there for the world to see," Blinken said.Earlier on Tuesday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance is working with the U.N.'s International Criminal Court on investigating Russian war crimes in Ukraine."Targeting and murdering civilians is a war crime. All the facts must be established and all those responsible for these atrocities must be brought to justice," the alliance chief said.Stoltenberg, who briefed reporters from NATO's headquarters before Wednesday's foreign minister's meeting, said the alliance had reliable evidence of war crimes committed in Bucha as well as in other cities in Ukraine. On Monday, President Joe Biden called Russian leader Vladimir Putin a "war criminal" who should be put on trial for ordering violence in Ukraine."This guy is brutal, and what's happening in Bucha is outrageous and everyone's seen it," Biden told reporters gathered at Fort McNair, in Washington, D. C., adding, "I think it is a war crime ... He should be held accountable." Based on the currently available information, the United States has assessed that members of Russia's forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine," Thomas-Greenfield said on Tuesday. "Given the growing mountain of evidence, Russia should not have a position of authority in a body whose purpose, whose very purpose is to promote respect for human rights. The massacre in our city of Bucha is only one, unfortunately, only one of many examples of what the occupiers have been doing on our land for the past 41 days," Zelenskyy said, adding "the world has yet to see" what Russia has done elsewhere in Ukraine. WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for a Nuremberg-style tribunal to investigate and prosecute Russian war crimes in a speech before the United Nations Security Council."The Russian military and those who gave them orders must be brought to justice immediately for war crimes in Ukraine," Zelenskyy said in his nearly 20-minute speech on Tuesday. Zelenskyy's appearance before the U.N. Security Council follows Ukrainian claims that at least 300 civilians were tortured and killed in Bucha by Russian troops.

The discovery of bodies in the town of Bucha, outside of Kyiv, is expected to be "front and centre" when the Ukrainian President addresses the Security ...

For all the wives and mothers, make peace on Earth so no-one ever grieves again," she said. However, high-resolution satellite imagery by commercial provider Maxar Technologies showed that many of the bodies had been lying in the open for weeks, during the time that Russian forces were in Bucha. In a statement, it said the bodies of five men with their hands bound were found in the basement of a children's sanatorium where civilians were tortured and killed. Three other bodies were found in a stairwell, and a group of six were burned together. Ukrainian officials said the bodies of at least 410 civilians had been found in towns around Kyiv that were recaptured from Russian forces in recent days. Many of them were shot in yards, streets and homes, and their bodies left in the open.

Bucha, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke Tuesday to U.N. Security Council diplomats outraged by growing evidence that Russian forces ...

The bodies seen by AP journalists in Bucha included at least 13 in and around a building that local people said Russian troops used as a base. The dead witnessed by the news agency's journalists also included bodies wrapped in black plastic, piled on one end of the mass grave in a Bucha churchyard. Next to a church, Patta and her team saw a hastily dug mass grave — one of several in Bucha. The government said nearly 300 bodies had been discovered in the small town. The Ukrainian prosecutor-general's office described one room discovered in Bucha as a "torture chamber." We need to act," he said on France-Inter radio. At the Pentagon, a senior defense official said the U. S. can't independently confirm the atrocities in Bucha but has no reason to refute them. But the latest reports ratcheted up the condemnation. They deliberately shoot columns of civilians on the road trying to escape from hostilities. "Now the world can see what they have done in Bucha," Zelenskyy told the Security Council in an address delivered via live video. U. S. President Joe Biden said Russian leader Vladimir Putin should be tried for war crimes. Many were undoubtedly civilians, some executed with their hands bound behind their backs. They even deliberately blow up shelters where civilians hide from airstrikes," Zelenskyy said.

The Ukrainian president described the horrific scenes he saw in Bucha, calling it just one example of the destruction Russia has wrought.

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Ukraine's president planned to address the U.N.'s most powerful body after even more grisly evidence emerged of civilian massacres in areas that Russian ...

"What is the purpose of our organization? Zelenskyy said the civilian death toll may actually be much higher in cities that have been liberated from Russian control. Ukrainian officials said the bodies of at least 410 civilians have been found in towns around Kyiv that were recaptured from Russian forces.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian troops of gruesome atrocities in Ukraine and told the U.N. that those responsible should face war crimes charges.

He said the reports of atrocities were "more than credible." Stoltenberg, meanwhile, warned that in pulling back from the capital, Russian President Vladimir Putin's military is regrouping its forces in order to deploy them to eastern and southern Ukraine for a "crucial phase of the war." Survivors who hid in their homes during the monthlong Russian occupation of the town, many of them past middle age, wandered past charred tanks and jagged window panes with plastic bags of food and other humanitarian aid. He said the reports of atrocities were "more than credible." Associated Press journalists in Bucha have counted dozens of corpses in civilian clothes and interviewed Ukrainians who told of witnessing atrocities. Their tongues were pulled out only because their aggressor did not hear what they wanted to hear from them," he said, recounting what he described as the worst atrocities since World War II. "The only ones who would fall for this are Western dilettantes." Stoltenberg, meanwhile, warned that in pulling back from the capital, Russian President Vladimir Putin's military is regrouping its forces in order to deploy them to eastern and southern Ukraine for a "crucial phase of the war." Survivors who hid in their homes during the monthlong Russian occupation of the town, many of them past middle age, wandered past charred tanks and jagged window panes with plastic bags of food and other humanitarian aid. Associated Press journalists in Bucha have counted dozens of corpses in civilian clothes and interviewed Ukrainians who told of witnessing atrocities. Their tongues were pulled out only because their aggressor did not hear what they wanted to hear from them," he said, recounting what he described as the worst atrocities since World War II. "The only ones who would fall for this are Western dilettantes."

Bucha, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy planned to speak Tuesday to U.N. Security Council diplomats outraged by growing evidence that ...

The bodies seen by AP journalists in Bucha included at least 13 in and around a building that local people said Russian troops used as a base. The dead witnessed by the news agency's journalists also included bodies wrapped in black plastic, piled on one end of the mass grave in a Bucha churchyard. Next to a church, Patta and her team saw a hastily dug mass grave — one of several in Bucha. The government said nearly 300 bodies had been discovered in the small town. The Ukrainian prosecutor-general's office described one room discovered in Bucha as a "torture chamber." We need to act," he said on France-Inter radio. At the Pentagon, a senior defense official said the U.S. can't independently confirm the atrocities in Bucha but has no reason to refute them. But the latest reports ratcheted up the condemnation. They deliberately shoot columns of civilians on the road trying to escape from hostilities. "Now the world can see what they have done in Bucha," Zelenskyy told the Security Council in an address delivered via live video. U.S. President Joe Biden said Russian leader Vladimir Putin should be tried for war crimes. Many were undoubtedly civilians, some executed with their hands bound behind their backs. They even deliberately blow up shelters where civilians hide from airstrikes," Zelenskyy said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the U.N. Security Council that “the massacre in our city of Bucha is only one of many examples of what [Russia ...

Ukrainian officials said the bodies of 410 civilians were found in Kyiv-area towns and cities that were recently retaken from Russian forces. "We continue to clean our land from the remnants of waste." "I will never forget the horrifying images of civilians killed in Bucha, and I immediately called for an independent investigation to guarantee effective accountability," he said. "For all these reasons, it is more urgent by the day to silence the guns." “This is no different from other terrorists such as ISIS and here it is done by a member of the United Nation’s Security Council.” "And it cannot be seen as a victory in any way for Putin. That means the Ukrainians need to go on the offensive and we need to help them with that. “We are not acting like Americans and their allies in Iraq and Syria, razing entire cities to the ground,” he said. “Not a truce, but a true, lasting peace and for this we need to root out the cruelty which I mentioned. "And that is not to go to war with Russia." “You couldn’t ignore the flagrant inconsistencies in the version of events which are being promoted by Ukrainian and western media.” it is clear Russia’s forces continue to bombard cities and critical infrastructure across Ukraine and commit terrible acts of violence." "These measures will degrade key instruments of Russian state power, impose acute and immediate economic harm on Russia, and hold accountable the Russian kleptocracy that funds and supports Putin’s war."