Zelenskyy Seeks Emergency UN Security Council Meeting After Russian Strikes

Published on July 8, 2024

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on July 8 announced that he is calling for an emergency meeting of the United Nations 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 Monday 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. “Ukraine is currently initiating an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council due to the Russian strike on civilian infrastructure, including the children’s hospital,” President Zelenskyy wrote on social media....