Volodymyr Zelensky launched a violent diatribe against Moscow from the podium of the UN, accusing Russia of carrying out a “genocide” in Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelensky played big on Tuesday, September 19, with his speech at the UN podium in New York (United States). The Ukrainian president attacked Russia head-on, accusing it of carrying out a “genocide” by deporting Ukrainian children, and believing that Moscow was using food as a weapon. On the ground, in Ukraine, a Russian bombing left at least six dead in the town of Kupiansk (in the Kharkiv region). Franceinfo looks back at the highlights of the day.
Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Russia of carrying out “genocide” and announces a “world peace summit”
The Ukrainian president was applauded for a long time as he entered the enclosure, under the eyes of the Russian deputy ambassador to the UN Dmitry Polyanskiy. Volodymyr Zelensky then launched into a violent diatribe against Moscow. The deportation by Russia of “tens of thousands” of Ukrainian children is “clearly a genocide”he judged.
The leader also condemned Russia’s use of nuclear power and food “like a weapon”. On the atomic threat, Volodymyr Zelensky declared: “Terrorists have no right to possess nuclear weapons.”
He also announced that his country was preparing a “world peace summit”. “Important discussions and exchanges took place in Hiroshima, Copenhagen and Jeddah on the implementation of a peace plan. And we are preparing a world peace summit. I invite all of you, all those who do not tolerate any aggression , to jointly prepare this summit”insisted the Ukrainian president.
Joe Biden calls on the United Nations to “stand against Russia’s aggression” against Ukraine
The American president castigated Russia for “believes that the world will tire and let her brutalize Ukraine without consequences”. “If we abandon the founding principles of [Nations unies] to appease an aggressor, which member state of this organization can still feel protected? If we let Ukraine be dismembered, is the independence of nations still guaranteed? In my humble opinion, the answer is no.”declared Joe Biden to the applause of the Ukrainian president and the audience.
“The United States, along with our allies and partners, will continue to support the courageous people of Ukraine as they defend their sovereignty, territorial integrity, and freedom.”assured the American president. “Russia alone is responsible for this war.”
At least nine civilians killed in Russian strikes across Ukraine
At least nine civilians were killed in Russian strikes across Ukraine: six in Kupiansk (east), two in Kherson (south) and one in Lviv (west), according to a report by Ukrainian authorities. In the town of Kupiansk, located in the Kharkiv region (north-east), about ten kilometers from the front line, at least six people died, announced the local governor.
In Kherson, a Russian bombing hit a trolleybus in the morning, causing the death of a police officer who was nearby and injuring two passengers, announced the head of the military administration of this large liberated southern city. in November by the Ukrainian army. One of the injured, aged 57, succumbed to his injuries, the official added a few hours later.
In the western part of Ukraine, the governor of the Lviv region, a city nearly 1,000 kilometers from the front line, reported one death in a nighttime attack by Russian drones.
American Abrams tanks soon in Ukraine to support the counter-offensive
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced that US tanks “will soon enter Ukraine”. According to a senior American military official, the first devices will arrive in the coming days, the rest in the coming weeks. “And it will add a formidable armored force” on the battlefield, assured Lloyd Austin, who is due to receive Volodymyr Zelensky at the Pentagon on Thursday.
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He made the remarks during a meeting of the United States with its allies in Germany. This 15th meeting to coordinate military aid to Ukraine, at the American base at Ramstein (south), brought together around fifty countries in the presence of the new Ukrainian Minister of Defense.