but we are dealing with a state that is turning the un security council veto into the right to die. this undermines the whole architecture of global security. it allows them to go unpunished, sylvia destroying everything they can. now when you best bet, the ukranian president called on the united nations to act immediately. stressing that what happened to him, boucher is only one example of frosh in atrocities. was get more on this from richard painter, professor of law at the university of minnesota. he was the chief ethics lawyer for us president george w bush, a very warm welcome to the show. and we've seen the devastating image as out of butcher ukrainian. president zalinski has pointed to them in his 1st address to the un security council since the invasion, and he is demanding action at what can the body do besides offering a platform for publicly shaming russia. unfortunately, because of the russian veto in the security council, i, it is not clear that the security council could take immediate action. but the un, the us should address these serious war crimes that are being co

whether there was an avenue by which russia could be stripped of its un security council. vito, i don't believe that that's going to happen in the united nations. and we have a permanent, that membership of the security council for russia, as well as the united states and, and it's china, france, and got great britain. and it's going to be impossible, i think, to remove russia from that role. and yet, there are many other avenues for addressing russian aggression. there's nato, there is the european union, there's economic pressure that needs to be brought on russia. and it, this may have to happen for an extended period of time. because russia needs to be told they're just non negotiable, that they leave every inch of ukrainian territory, and that they make recompense for these agree just war crimes. and i believe the vladimir putin and other russian leaders should face the international criminal court over what has happened here. this is going to be a long term struggle um for democracy and western europe needs to focus on making sure that it is energy independent and is not dependent

he addressed a meeting of the un security council after visiting butcher on monday to lensky sharply criticized the security council for its inability to stand up to rush as aggression. as a permanent member of the council, russia has the power to veto any binding resolution, making the body powerless to act against the war on ukraine. and i asked richard painter, professor of law at the university of minnesota. whether there was an avenue by which russia could be stripped of its un security council. vito, i don't believe that that's going to happen in the united nations. and we have a permanent that membership of the security council for russia, as well as the united states. and it's china, france, and great britain. and it's going to be impossible, i think, to remove russia from that role. and yet, there are many other avenues for addressing russian aggression. there's nato, there is the european union, there's economic pressure that needs to be brought on russia. and this may have to happen for an extended period of time. because russia needs to be told they're just non negotiable,

he's actually talking about un security council reform to the actual security council itself. and that has to be noted that's going to be a landmark criticism of the own security council and rochester, and just on the point of, well, what zalinski had to say. i mean, one more thing that he really did speak about is bringing justice immediately and he kept calling for accountability. that's absolutely right. and that's been echoed by the legal system here in ukraine. and now what he's calling for is international accountability. one special tribunals. he want something similar to what happened after the 2nd world war. and the nuremberg trials were people who were responsible for the crimes who gave the orders were actually punished. he's looking for something like that. now within the ukraine legal system itself. and people who are involved in the area, they say that if we call gay international justice, we will do it here at home. we will bring people to trial here in ukraine, even if we have to do it in absentia. even if we can't get russians to, if we can't get russians. exp

but we are dealing with a state that is turning the un security council veto into the right to die. this undermines the whole architecture of global security. it allows them to go unpunished, so they are destroying everything they can. now when it was factual, the ukranian president called on the united nations to act immediately stressing that what happened to him, boucher is only one example of russian atrocities. and i asked richard painter, professor of law at the university of minnesota. whether there was an avenue by which russia could be stripped of its un security council. vito, i don't believe that that's going to happen in the united nations, and we have a permanent that membership of the security council for russia, as well as the united states and, and it's china, france in great britain, and it's going to be impossible, i think, to remove russia from that role, and yet there are many other avenues for addressing russian aggression. there's nato, there is the european union, there's economic pressure that needs to be brought on russia. and it, this may have to happen for

does it look like the un security council is at least listening, taking on board somewhat. russia's position. ready where i would serve as far as i could see it, and i couldn't see the security council meeting to the end because i'm just speaking now here. the western countries, of course, didn't take any account nor also the, the irish representative was just reading a pre prepared notes and put all the blame straight to the door of the even russia, but puts in the present and representative took a very balanced approach to this saying that he also mentioned to the civilian casualties in the city of don't bear and other areas. and he called to offer an independent inquiry into all these aspects in the eastern part of the dawn bus as well as in the rest of your grade. so from that point of view, it is not a kind of a single show of the best arm of the u. k. of the nato u. s. western approach. the us representative about the un reiner accuse the russian army of committing war crimes. does it look like washington has a solid enough case to make such serious accusations? no, i'm sorry. it's har

there's— un's security chief was visiting. there's no— un's security chief was visiting.. it ukrainians described it as a moscow, those _ ukrainians described it as a moscow, those strikes. given the fact that moscow— those strikes. given the fact that moscow seems to have bombed the ukrainian _ moscow seems to have bombed the ukrainian capital while the un secretary general was there will probably— secretary general was there will probably raise more questions about why russia _ probably raise more questions about why russia still has a seat on the un security council when it's trying to bomb _ un security council when it's trying to bomb at — un security council when it's trying to bomb at secretary general. i think— to bomb at secretary general. i think all— to bomb at secretary general. i think all of those things are going to become a really big questions in the coming — to become a really big questions in the coming months. i suspect they're starting _ the coming months. i suspect they're starting to— the coming months. i suspect they're starting to be a huge wester

but we are dealing with a state that is turning the un security council veto into the right to die. this undermines the whole architecture of global security. it allows them to go unpunished, so they are destroying everything they can. now when you best bet, sure. the ukranian president called on the united nations to act immediately stressing their what happened to him. boucher is only one example of frosh and atrocities. are correspondent alexandra phenomena wasn't boucher earlier today and she sent us this assessment of the situation there. russian tanks got it by fire at the roadside body itself, civilians lying in backyards, and in the middle of it, traumatize residents grappling with their own horrific stories. that is what we saw in butch out today. we're ukrainian forces us still busy searching for mines left there by the russian army. in goodshaw, russian soldiers stands hughes of terrible war crimes. witnesses speak of summary executions? civilians killed at will. the ukrainian government is urging international experts to come to butcher to investigate. they hope what's ha

thank you so much for the time being well cross back to the un security council on this. and then to what the indian ambassador to the u. n. has to say a deeply disturbing the unequal locally condemned these killings and support the call for an independent investigation. we hope the international community will continue to respond positively to the humanitarian needs. the support calls urging for guarantees of safe passage to deliver essential humanitarian and medical supplies. keeping in mew the dire humanity in situation in ukraine. india has been sending humanity in supplies to ukraine and its neighbors, which include medicines and other essential relief material. we stand ready to provide more medical supplies to ukraine in the coming days. india continues to remain deeply concerned at the worsening situation and reiterates its call for immediate succession of violence, an end to hostilities. we have emphasized right from the beginning of the conflict . the need to pursue the part of diplomacy and dialogue. when innocent human lives are at stake, diplomacy must prevai

as the un security council holds a meeting about the conflict. with casting lot of direct from our studios in moscow, this is our 2 international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us in moscow called and give to order troops inside mario pals, ourselves, style steel plants to release any civilian hostages and surrender. moscow says civilians may be used as human shields inside the factory to prevent russian forces from advancing after no one passed through a humanitarian corridor on tuesday set up to evacuate the facility and other limited seas. fire is to take place on wednesday afternoon, but nearby safe roots have been use. we heard from some of the people who managed to flee. i'm was in it, but like i said, we were living in the basement for 2 months. we are very happy to see you guys. stay alive with everything was bombed and burned down. we lived in a basement, no water, no food. we just grabbed what we could do, which good deal on your to would you like of a pregnant girl was killed? she left 2 kids and this girl was wounde

as cannon fodder in a proxy will with russia until the last ukrainian, a tense exchange at the un security council. as the russian ambassador says, that while western powers claim to be peacekeepers, they are really feeling the conflict with pressure, supplies of weapons with broadcasting from our studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with an moscow called on q to order its troops inside mario pals as of stalls steel plant to release any civilians who may be there and to surrender. moscow suspects that ukrainian nationalist forces inside the factory could be using civilians as human shields. to prevent russian troops from advancing after no one passed through a humanitarian corridor, specifically set up on tuesday to evacuate the facility. another limited see fire is to take place on wednesday afternoon, but other safe routes within the vicinity have been used. we heard from some of the people who have managed to flee from nearby areas missing it, but like i said, we were living in the basement for 2 months. we are very happy to see yo

that's the message to the ukranian president from russia's ambassador to the un of a security council meeting. this is they, the session was dominated by the disturbing footage, allegedly showing bodies of civilians in the streets of the ukrainian city of boucher at moscow views as a provocation. against the russian army also had on the program, we hear from a former officer in the ukrainian security services. he explains the potential motivation of those behind what he calls a staging in boucher. the task here had several goals meant to target the various audiences take. for example, the population of ukraine controlled by key of the goal here is to trigger hatred towards the russian army so that people do not even think about some kind of brotherly relationship. a spanish journalist claims most of the reports of crimes by ukrainian forces against on balance residents are true after heading to the region himself to investigate. he also voice is concerned over why such incidents are going on reported by many western media. the terrible news that i can now share is that most of the inf

k. block rushes call for an urgent un security council meeting on monday, rushes un envoy phase. the refusal to meet is unprecedented. on western countries are actively promoting, quote, anti russian artists. i'm for incidentals, believable, unsinkable, that we were denied the security council meeting. that we requested. the reason why the worst and delegation will do this is very simple. it would not be benefit. worse, of course, the security council meeting is colleen by russia since this will shake them to russian. lana, if the comfort of new promo to the ambassador certainly did not hold anything back during that press conference. and he specifically went on to note a number of the claims that are being made that are being spread all across social media right now. and how they simply don't line up with the facts. he referred to this as a false life operation. he specifically noted that the mayor of boucher was smiling and happy and talking about how the city was re i russian forces just a few days before mentioned mentioning nothing about any sort of civilian casualties. and h

the un security council held a meeting on tuesday to discuss the war in ukraine. russia's ambassador to the un come commented on how he sees the west approaching the situation somewhat on us. for example, nuclear, the west concern for ukraine and ukrainians is opportunistic, unselfish. ukrainians are needed today only as cannon fodder in a proxy war with russia until the last ukrainian renewal. the style cross live 2 course followed. caleb martin in new york. caleb, tell us more about the un security council meeting and what their to say. well, the 15 member body that leads the united nations convened a meeting, the topic of which was refugees created by the conflict in ukraine. now, the united states and its allies unloaded a lot of allegations and accusations against russia. but as we just saw in the clip there, dmitri poll yan sky, he took to the floor and defended russia and called out and bummed, a lot of the accusations that were being made. now, he went on to say that russia has actually taken in refugees starting since 2014 when united states and its allies toppled the grant i

we are dealing with a state that is turning the veto into the un security council into the right to die . the. this undermines the whole architecture of global security and to allow students that to go at punish. so they are destroying everything that they can. so destroy it, we, you know, if this continues there, that the countries will be, rely only on the power of their own arms to ensure that they are security and not on international long, not rely on international institutions. the united nations can be own simply closed young ladies and gentlemen, i are ready to close the un. do you think that the time of international law is gone? if your answer is no, then you need to act immediately. and that was the ukrainian, the present of alarm res lensky speaking just moments ago. here with me on the said, his political correspondent, thomas sparrow. thomas, the ukranian president, addressing the world and calling out the united nations. and that sound bite that we have just heard actually summarizes the 2 main points that mr. zalinski a tried to present before they knighted nation securi

that roll yoga, but we are dealing with a state that is turning the un security council veto into the right to die. this undermines the whole architecture of global security. it allows them to go unpunished till the destroying everything they can. now, when you best bet, the ukranian president called on the united nations to act immediately stressing that what happened to him, boucher is only one example of frosh and atrocities. russia denies accusations that his troops committed. war crimes, in boucher their claims. the bodies found on boucher streets only appeared after its forces withdrew from the town. but visual evidence contradicts that narrative. the new york times has examined satellite images would show a street in boucher this 1st image is from february 28th before russian troops took control of the town. the 2nd image now is from mid march when the russian military occupied boucher. this outlines the bodies of civilians which have been there for weeks elsewhere in ukraine, the besieged city of maria pole has been under constant russian bombardment since the beginning of the

that's the word a tense exchange at the un security council. as the russian ambassador says that while western powers claim to be peacekeepers, they're really fueling the conflict with fresh supplies of weapons. ah, broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas from the guy directly with us. for now, moscow calls on give to order troops inside mario pals, style steel plans to release any civilian hostages, and surrender. moscow suspects that ukrainian nationalist forces inside the factory could be using civilians as human shields to prevent russian troops from advancing after no one pass through the humanitarian corridor on tuesday, specifically set up to evacuate the facility, another limited seas fires to take place on wednesday afternoon but other safe routes within the vicinity have been used. we heard from some of the people who managed to escape from nearby areas missing it. but like i said, we were living in the basement for 2 months. we are very happy to see you guys. stay alive, fund

this situation is unique because of the perpetrating of these crimes by a permanent member of the un securityy understandable to call attention to both the russian presence on the security council and the veto power that russia has but frankly in my view, focusing on the role of the security council and its constraints are not the thing that will help ukraine at this time. , , «a time. president zelensky thinks exactly the _ time. president zelensky thinks exactly the opposite, _ time. president zelensky thinks exactly the opposite, why - time. president zelensky thinks exactly the opposite, why don't| exactly the opposite, why don't theyjust kick russia out? i know they cannot but russia has broken plenty of international laws and rules in recent weeks, why cannot the un throughout it's own rules and kick russia out? , ., . ., , , out? they would certainly be well deserved _ out? they would certainly be well deserved to _ out? they would certainly be well deserved to do - out? they would certainly be well deserved to do so - out? they would certainly be well deserved to do so but . well dese

has blocked russia's call for an urgent un security council meeting on monday, commenting on the decision brushes and bastard to the un again said the future killings were a stage provocation by kia from the very beginning, it has been clear that this is nothing else but yet another stage through occasion, aimed at discrediting and deacon realizing of the russian military and leveling, political professional, personal in russia. i sing the, the truth of what i'm doing would you would have been so good. now for more details, we're in a crime. cross live now to rachel blevins. thanks for joining us. rachel. now the tensions over the un security council meeting on boots are obviously very high right now. so what's the latest? yeah, the ambassador certainly did not hold anything back during that press conference. and he specifically went on to note a number of the claims that are being made that are being spread all across social media right now. and how they simply don't line up with the facts. he referred to this as a false live operation. he specifically noted that the mayor of boucher was

today only as cannon fodder in a proxy war with russia until the last ukrainian exchange of the un security council. as russia brown's western efforts to increase, that weapon supply for you. ah, i will welcome to you. this is on the international with the latest world news headlines. it's good to happy with us. now about peyton house. we offend russia's commitment to keep up its operation and dumbass until locals can return to their normal lives. the tragedy that took place and john boss, including the la ganske people's republic, force russia to begin its special military operation. and like i said at the very outset, the goal of this operation is to assist our people live there. we will take gradual action until we bring about a situation when life will gradually normalize their. and the ambassador dumbass city of mario paul, 5 ukrainian soldiers have reportedly surrendered on wednesday. this comes as russian lead forces step up their assaults on the last stronghold of kit's troops in mariel pole. the remaining defenders are still holding these sprawling territory of the as of stall indu

security council. the most powerful un international body. i, he already has the support of the united kingdom, who called this meeting. they hold the presidency this month in terms of support for a war crimes investigation the united states as well. the united states has gone so far as calling for russia to be kicked out of the un human rights council for it's alleged abuses in ukraine. i expect to hear from russia today as well. they as you have noted have consistently deny that they are targeting civilians. they've claimed that the bodies that we've seen on the ground in the town of boucher were staged by ukrainian officials. and they promised to submit more evidence to that fact at the meeting that is about to take place to day. but we'll also hear from you and officials, including the highest you unofficial secretary general, antonio gutierrez, who's been very strong and calling for, for russia to and it's invasion and to come back to the rules of international law. so a lot of important briefings that we're going to hear today as the un

now, later after we heard from the countries making up un security council, we did hear the ukrainian representative get up. and he made a lot of accusations against russia. one being that russia is not allowing civilians to leave a factory and basically is enabling and causing civilians to be killed. this is what the granting representative said when addressing the security council. the situation in mario remains the most critical. thousands of civilians are still in the city congress of them, including children, have taken shelter in the old style plant. they need immediate safety occupation, and the rational forces are well aware of these. instead, the russians deny all requests from the ukrainian side world leaders and the u. s. u n. hi, officials for iraq creation car doors for civilians. major poly and gay, representing the russian federation, spoke and explained very clearly that the presence of these civilians in the factory was hidden. despite repeated requests on the part of russia to make sure that no civilians were in harm's way. and now russia has been calling on to influ

russian diplomats twice tried to convene a meeting of the un security council on a resonant fake with the city of bucha, but the uk chairing the security council refused to hold a meeting. referring to the fact that a similar meeting is already scheduled for tuesday, meanwhile the pentagon said that it had no evidence of what happened, that however, it did not prevent the us president from blaming putin for everything. you probably remember how i was criticized for calling putin a war criminal, but we saw what happened in the bucha. this proves that he is a war criminal, we must continue to supply ukraine with weapons. which she needs in order to continue the fight, she needs to collect all the details for a real war crimes trial to take place this guy is cruel what happened in the bucha is blatant and everyone saw it. you call it genocide. no i i think it's a war crime. at the same time, there is more and more evidence that the massacre in bucha is a fake. so, a deputy of the local city council, a day after the withdrawal of the russian military huts, said that not a word about the k

says russia will present what he called "factual evidence" to the un security that western statements on events at bucha are lies, and that the shocking images of bodies in the streets of bucha were staged. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg reports. this is how russia wants its soldiers in ukraine to be seen — as heroes and humanitarian workers, a caring, sharing army, spreading goodness and light to those it claims to be liberating. but moscow knows the international community doesn't believe that. mr lavrov, the us president has called your president a war criminal and said he must be held accountable. what does that tell us about russia's international reputation right now? translation: what this says is many american politicians | who started the iraq war, destroyed syria, invaded libya. their conscience is in a bad way. our main interest is what the russian people think about this situation. as for evidence of apparent russian atrocities, the kremlin calls those provocations and fakes. whenever russia is accused of anything, be it the poisonings in salisbu

the disturbing footage from there a fake that says the un security council is scheduled to meet later at this hour to discuss the events in boucher on the conflict overall. also here on the program from a former officer in the ukrainian security services explains a potential motivation of those behind what he calls a stage publication in butcher. the task here had several goals meant to target various audiences take, for example, the population of ukraine controlled by key of the goal here is to trigger hatred towards the russian army so that people do not even think about some kind of brotherly relationship with a spanish journalist claims most of the reports of crimes by ukrainian forces against don bos residents are true after heading to the region himself to investigate. the also voice is concerned over why such incidents are going on, reported by many western media. terrible news that i can now share is that most of the information coming out is true and in the west. there is no desire to investigate and report on what is really happening in maryville and don bass with life mosco

k has blocked russia's call for an urgent un security council meeting on monday rushes you and envoy says it's an unprecedented step in you in history. i'm for incidentals, believable, unsinkable, that we were denied the security council meeting. that requested sam magnor certainly did not hold anything back during that press conference. and he specifically went on to note a number of the claims that are being made that are being spread all across social media right now. and how they simply don't line up with the facts. he referred to this as a false live operation. he specifically noted that the mayor of boucher was smiling and happy and talking about how the city was free. a russian forces just a few days before mentioned mentioning nothing about any sort of civilian casualties. and he then went on to take a look at the videos that are being posted across social media to know how they simply do not line up with the world in which we saw that the russian troops were there in boucher for weeks that they were there with the civilians of the civilians were allowed to walk freely. now he

that's how the russian ambassador to the you and describes the west approach to ukraine as the un security council holds a meeting about the conflict with by for moscow. this is our team international. now moscow called on key of to order troops inside marbles as of style, steel plants to release any civilian hostages and surrender moscow seas. civilians may be used as human shields inside the factory to prevent russian forces from advancing after no one passed through a humanitarian court or on tuesday setup specifically to evacuate the facility and other limited fires to take place on wednesday afternoon. but nearby, say fruits have been used, we heard from some of the people who managed to flee, missing it, but like my nose as we were living in the basement for 2 months. we are very happy to see you guys stay alive. when did, if i knew that everything was bombed and burned down? we lived in a basement, no water, no food. we just grabbed what we could do there. which cool deal on your ga. gov and a pregnant girl was killed. she left 2 kids and this girl was wounded. we've been treating h

his attempted are expected to address the un security council later.ssador to the un said the trustees do not occur and accused western media fake news. you can tweet media fake news. you can tweet me if you like. you can keep up—to—date on the bbc news website as well. we have got live updates there from our correspondence and teams across the country and keeping an eye on the situation there and of course, later we are expected to hear from course, later we are expected to hearfrom president zelensky as he addresses the un security council no doubt with my reaction to the atrocities emerging across the country. but, for now, thanks for watching. hello there. it was a mild start to the week, but it will get colder again later on. i6 celsius, though, on monday in hampshire — and for much of the country, temperatures are still in double figures early on tuesday morning. but it is colder in northern scotland — that's where the colder air is. much of the uk in this block of milder air. and between those two different masses, we have this weather front, an

so i was quite a meeting at the un security council. a lot of allegations against russia. russia did have an opportunity as a permanent member of the un security council, a body that was formed among the countries that defeated fascism in the 2nd world war. they had an opportunity to give their side with story and they presented facts that are being ignored in western media and ignored in the tirade the western leaders. so i was quite a meeting obscurity counsel, not a lot of unity among the countries. there. clearly some very different understanding of the dance on the ground in ukraine as a lot of people are becoming refugees. and a lot of people are clearly suffering. but thanks for joining us here in asi, international web, back in 30 minutes with the latest for a city with a number with a lot of them bought a.

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ukraine's president accuses russia of committing genocide and is preparing to address the un securityouncil — as pictures of dead civilians lead to worldwide condemnation. we are still discovering dead bodies here in bucha, the horror of what unfolded coming to light now but there are still areas of this country under russian control and no one quite knows what is going one quite knows what is going on there. president putin's team says the images of atrocities in ukraine are staged — and denies that any war crimes have been committed. also this hour... elon musk floats the idea of changes at twitter — nearly a million people back the idea of an edit button for tweets. and how students in england are looking for new ways to stop devastating flooding, through the power of video games. good morning. moscow's denials to accusations that its forces tortured and killed civilians in the ukrainian town of bucha have been undermined by newly released satellite images which appear to show bodies lying in the streets before russian troops withdrew. moscow says ukraine has fabricated evidence wi

a meeting of the un security council over the events and ukraine is under way right now. discussing her renders footage of alleged dead civilians in the c butcher shocking pictures show images of them lying in the streets and others piled in mass graves, ukraine's defense ministry sees not. the alleged killings had been perpetrated at by russian troops. russia's you and envoy, vassily. the venture earlier slammed the furniture staged provocation and the start of today's session. but we start rage over the security council vetoing moscow's to request for a meeting to discuss what happened in butcher gilbert. right? yes, i would like to express a protest in response to how the u. k. the president has handled our request to call the security council meeting to discuss the terrible provocation by the ukrainian radicals in the city of boucher. you have allowed a blatant violation of the rules of procedure, having ignore the request. in response to that, the president of the consulate said that they will no longer reject request by countries to convene security council sessions. will let cind

is there lensky said during his speech to the un security council on tuesday. the russian troops were no different from isis. this comes as the new york times reports of ukraine sided with volunteer force made up of isis sympathizes. the question was raised by the european parliament ortiz maria financial investigates. she if has compared russia with terrorists from the so called a la mc state. speaking at the un security council earlier this week, president zalinski said russia is no different from the notorious terra group, a digital volley. the cutoff limbs cut the throats. women were raped and killed and for the children, the tongues were pulled out only because the crust did not hear what he wanted to hear from them. how is it different from what these lemming states harris are doing? the occupied territories? not similar, but worse, according to ukraine's foreign minister. what we've seen in recent weeks is that russia is much worse than isis when it comes to its atrocities and massacres. serious accusations are made before any independent investigation o

everything will be discussed at the security council. unthe framework of the meeting on the humanitarian situation and only as one of the topics how to intercept the agenda. the west has already come up with the day before. as zelensky was unexpectedly announced as a guest star with a video message valentin bogdanov ivan utkina gle. a couple of news from new york moscow is sometime retaliatory measures after a new wave of mass expulsions of russian diplomats from european countries persona non grata today announced immediately 30 employees of the embassy in italy 25 more in spain 15 in denmark and three in sweden estonia expels 14 diplomats and closes consulate in narva and the office of the embassy in tartuet, and in france, our ambassador was given a list of several dozens of russians who, under an incomprehensible pretext , should leave the diplomatic missions, as deputy foreign minister alexander grushko said, such steps were pre-planned by a massive company, and as it became known less than an hour ago , latvia joined the middle of the

the president of ukraine has demented russia be expelled from the un security council for war crim.odymyr zelenskyy tells the council about the murder, rape of civilians and says more atrocities may be discovered. >> >> the world has yet to see what they have done and other occupied cities and regions of our country. lewis: as further evidence of destruction in the south as civilians try to escape the fighting. >> it doesn't exist anymore. it has been destroyed by shelling or an airstrike. i don't have anywhere to go and i still don't know if my wife is alive or not. lewis: there are warnings the number of people in extreme poverty in the u.k. could increase by two thirds. we will see how people in northern ireland are making ends meet. the ukrainian president, the litter mere zielinski, has delivered a devastating address to the world's top diplomatic body, the un security council. he's demanding full accountability for the alleged atrocities carried out by russian forces. central to this is the town of bucha to the northwesof the capital, keep -- capital, kyiv. as russian forces w

russia from the un security council well, first of all, they are not legitimate members of the un andcouncil because no one there elected them, they by right of succession took the place of e.e. the non-existent union of the ukrainian ssr, therefore in this case it was possible to impose a suspension and, accordingly , offer to formalize this procedure or simply exclude them if they are a member of the un security council because or suspend because it is a world crime. of course, the law, the existing laws, rules, regulations, they did not foresee that putin would to ignore any norms of the world order, therefore in this case i believe that the un general assembly has the right to either suspend or exclude russia altogether from the security council, they are now mykola a stupid moment talking about violations of, for example, the geneva convention, we understand that part of the russian military personnel committed crimes against the civilian population of ukraine and more part of that part was captured, we don't know what the current situation is with the exchange lists, but the que

fact, it was russia that first demanded to discuss what happened in the ukrainian bucha in the un securityrary to un standards, he received a refusal blocking, where can you say laptops unwillingness to discuss the situation in the bucha. this is a provocation in the style of goebels. the western delegations decided instead to hold meetings on the issue of women's education in afghanistan. see, their priorities. the reason for this is clear. holding the meeting will allegedly play into the hands of russia and undermine the efforts of the west under disinformation. but our permanent representative answered all even the most uncomfortable questions openly, addressing un journalists without translation immediately into english and video materials. vasily nebenzya also demonstrated a clear way to prove that the russian military had nothing to do with what happened in the bucha, bruce secon on the official videos. in the series of the national guard ukraine from bucci published april 2. we do not see any bodies, no one says a word about the dead, when the city was under the control of russian t

_ nations and un security councils have always saved india. - nations and un security councils have make this _ minister, they make this announcement in an interview and says i want an immediate cease—fire which is a slight toughening of the position given they've had this position given they've had this position of neutrality and invasion, that kind of took a little bit of pressure of borisjohnson and there's same commission should have been out there, wagging fingers publicly, but pressing its income on, we really need you to use your influence on russia to split one of the things borisjohnson has been saying, i imagine is in the street deal is that we should be buying arms from britain instead of india. britain has very large arms industry thatis britain has very large arms industry that is part of it. i wonder how much modi has been getting a boost from boris arrival as others pick posters up on the street saying welcome borisjohnson and all sorts of problems at home and the other issue for borisjohnson is is he going to say anything about the muslim communities, as he went to s

shejust mentioned there, president zelensky will be addressing the un security council, so she has justck to the united nations, where antonio guterres, the secretary—general, is speaking. the war in ukraine is one of the— the war in ukraine is one of the greatest challenges ever to the greatest challenges ever to the international order and the global— the international order and the global peace architecture founded in the united nations charter~ — founded in the united nations charter. because of its nature, intensity— charter. because of its nature, intensity and consequences. we are dealing with the full—fledged invasion on several fronts of one member state — several fronts of one member state of — several fronts of one member state of the united nations, ukraine _ state of the united nations, ukraine, by another, the russian _ ukraine, by another, the russian federation, in violation of the united nations charter. — violation of the united nations charter, and with several aims, including — charter, and with several aims, including redrawing the internationally recognised borders

un during the ninety's. when russia was under the yeltsin government that was doing whatever the west told it to but tried to expel a security council member that's basically unheard of. and if that happens, that would be, that would be the end of the un as we know it, perhaps in perpetuity. let me land skills, i should be un meeting that shocking, but i'm verified, such as reporting called crimes by russian troops. do you think a full, improper invest independent investigation is needed before blame is so quickly assigned, especially when it's based on verify videos? well, normally yes, obviously, and i think so too. but the way propaganda works is that you never go through the investigation. you basically throw the video out there, get the emotional impact going and get the people to boil up an outrage and then push an agenda. and by the time, any sort of facts are established, the agenda is already been implemented and whether, whatever the outcome of the investigation they'll just move on to the next emotionally charged thing. that's how this works. us is also a case the russian army of committing war crimes calling for

live coverage we just heard from ukraine's present farmers. lansky made a virtual address to the un security council in new york. he detailed acts of torture, gruesome acts of violence. he alleges russian troops inflicted on civilians in boucher and he asked sir, where is the security that the security council should guarantee? well, or where ahead of mister zalinski speech show you as secretary general antonio terrace in his opening remarks called for investigations into the atrocities and expressed concern over reports of rape and sexual violence with me here in the studio is the thomas sparrow. thomas, what jumped out at you. i mean, he, he called out the un, he called out the world saying, listen, this is what's happening in my country. you need to step up. if i had to summarize the lensky speech with one sentence that he gave, i would certainly say, where is the security? the security council needs to guarantee. and he answers that himself by saying not there. there was a very strong criticism, not only to the members of the united nations security council, the permanent members, but al

the president of ukraine has demanded that russia be expelled from the un security council for war crimes. volodymyr zelensky tells the un general assembly of the murder, torture and rape of civilians in the town of bucha — and warns that more attrocities could be discovered. translation: the world has yet to see what they have done - in other occupied cities and regions of our country. after four days of trying to get a humanitarian convoy into the city of mariupol, the international committe of the red cross speaks to the bbc. there is further evidence of destruction to the south and the as civilians try to escape the fighting. translation: it doesn't exist any more. - it's been destroyed by shelling or an air strike. i don't have anywhere to go, and i still don't know whether my wife is alive or not. and there are warnings the number of people in extreme positive in the uk could increase by more than two thirds. we will see how people in northern ireland are making ends meet. hello and welcome to the programme. ukrainian president volodymr zelensky has delivered a devastating address t

notches means clearly seeing the skies is becoming a problem. ukraine's president has told the un security council that should expel russia or shut its doors. but a man lensky is demanding accountability for moscow's alleged war crimes. in his country, he once again accused the russians of carrying out a massacre in the town of boucher of the images of bodies in civilian clothing emerged last week. a warning, this report from kristen salumi contains graphic images. viewers may find distressing. ukraine's president addressed the security council on the heels of his visit to boucher vladimir zalinski called for the united nations to hold russia accountable for war crimes saying it's credibility is at stake. typically we do the curricula, ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to shut down the u. n? do you believe that the times of international law have passed away? if your answer is no, then actions are needed now on immediate actions are needed. the un charter must get its force back again immediately. the u. n. system must be reformed immediately so that the right of the veto will not become

prompted international outrage. president zelinski visited the town of butcher and will address the un security council later today. he expects evidence of more mass killings to come to light. these goals, which names of these are war crimes and will be recognized by the world of genocide which when it does not want it, you are here and can see what happened for yourselves. george bush and germany is lending moldova. 50000000 euros to help manage the 10s of thousands of ukrainian refugees who found shelter in one of europe's poorest countries. ah, i'm good. how else as well come to the program? ukrainian president vladimir zalinski has called the killing of civilians in the town of boucher war. crimes and genocide, there was mounting international anger over images of mass graves and bodies showing signs of torture and rape. russia denies the accusations and says it will present evidence to the un security council that its forces have not been involved and atrocities. a warning, our next report contains images that some of our viewers may find disturbing on the streets of beecher. it looks as t

really, and let me turn to you, penny, russia is a permanent member of the un security council, they hing like looking to the un, i'm naturally if it is the right way for mr zelensky to turn. what do you think? == i the right way for mr zelensky to turn. what do you think? -- i am not sure. it turn. what do you think? -- i am not sure- it is — turn. what do you think? -- i am not sure- it is a — turn. what do you think? -- i am not sure. it is a sign _ turn. what do you think? -- i am not sure. it is a sign of _ turn. what do you think? -- i am not sure. it is a sign of his _ turn. what do you think? -- i am not sure. it is a sign of his growing - sure. it is a sign of his growing frustration with help from the west. we have seen how appalling this is, we can see absolutely what is going on. i am sure, like many people, there are moments when you do turn away from what is going on, because you just think, how can this be going on right here right now the wind also we know that these... the russians know that these things are being reported in the west and yet they sit in the un, they

the defense of ukraine, and against this background , it was russia that asked to convene the security council una request to sort it all out and what do you think britain, which is now chairing the security council, denied russia this dmitry and what could this mean? but now the fight is primarily informational, and the longer, respectively , the military operation will take place, as we perfectly understand, how it would be, at least for another half a month for half a month. here, and, accordingly, such statements will appear. now the main task is to further impose sanctions, first of all, especially against the background, as if the difficult situation is homeopathic, i remind you in serbia, the elections were held in hungary, the elections were held now, there will be elections, respectively, in france these are the territories from which we are leaving, indeed there are risks associated with this type of actions . here we must win the non-military component. we even win the informational component, and we, of course, must explain to the people involved, who simply do not understand what we