Zelenskyy Seeks Emergency UN Security Council Meeting After Russian Strikes

Ukrainian officials said that 31 people died in Russian strikes across Ukraine, while Russia has denied targeting civilians.
Zelenskyy Seeks Emergency UN Security Council Meeting After Russian Strikes
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses media in Kehrsatz near Bern, Switzerland, on Jan. 15, 2024. Alessandro Della Valle/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on July 8 that he’s calling for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council after Russia fired missiles at targets across the country. Moscow denied that it intentionally targeted civilians or civilian infrastructure.

The Russian missile attack across Ukraine on July 8 killed at least 31 people and injured 154, Ukrainian officials said, with one missile allegedly striking a large children’s hospital in the capital of Kyiv.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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