Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy will address a United Nations Security Council meeting amid growing outrage over Russian atrocities.
Evidence apparently showing Russian president Vladimir Putin’s soldiers deliberately killing civilians has been emerging as he withdraws his struggling troops from around the capital Kyiv, including from the city of Bucha.
Mr Zelenskiy has warned that worse evidence of mass killings of civilians by Moscow will emerge as the Russian president repositions his troops to the south-east.
It will be his first address to the Security Council, with members including Russia and China, and comes a day after he visited Bucha to witness the fall-out.
The Ukrainian leader accused Moscow of committing “real genocide”, as he appeared visibly emotional, flanked by his soldiers and wearing a bullet-proof vest.
Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of the office of the Ukrainian president, said Mr Zelenskiy “will give all the evidence” to the international community at the Security Council meeting.
“If these awful atrocities will not change the agenda of all the world, what will change?” the adviser asked on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
Mr Zhovkva said Ukraine needs “additional weapons”, including tanks and missiles, to “liberate more cities” from Russia control.
Meanwhile, Poland’s prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki has criticised German chancellor Olaf Scholz for focusing on the “voices of German businesses” rather than the innocent people slain in Ukraine.
British prime minister Boris Johnson is likely to urge Germany to set a date for phasing out Russian gas when he meets Mr Scholz in Downing Street on Friday.
