Russia requests UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine’s Bucha
(VOVWORLD) - Russia has called for a special UN Security Council meeting Monday to address claims that Russian forces committed atrocities against Ukrainian civilians in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv.
Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia's deputy ambassador to the United Nations. (Photo: VNA)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky directly blamed Moscow for the killings of civilians following the discovery of mass graves and hundreds of dead people in Bucha.
Russia denied the accusations and insisted that the video of the incident was staged by extremists in Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday that its forces did not kill civilians in Bucha.
UN authorities have yet to publicly state whether a Security Council emergency meeting will take place Monday.