Great first. After his first face-to-face speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address Wednesday, September 20 at the UN Security Council. He is among the first to speak at this special meeting, where more than sixty speakers are planned under the Albanian presidency, but where Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin will be absent. Russia, in fact, should be represented by its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, who arrived in New York on Tuesday. Follow our live stream.
Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Russia of genocide. The deportation by Moscow of “tens of thousands” of Ukrainian children is “clearly a genocide”Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Tuesday at the UN. “We are trying to bring these children home, but time is running out. What will happen to them? In Russia, they are taught hatred of Ukraine, and all ties with their families are cut”he castigated.
New Ukrainian drone attack in Russia. Moscow claims on Wednesday to have destroyed four Ukrainian drones overnight over the regions of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine, and Orel, also in the west. The Russian Defense Ministry has not released information on possible damage or casualties at this stage.
Belarus does not want us to forget it. Exiled Belarusian opponent Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on Tuesday urged leaders not to forget her country. She fears that Belarus, diplomatically isolated, will become a “consolation prize” for Russian President Vladimir Putin in the context of the war in Ukraine.