Ukrainians suffer in cold, darkness as Zelensky implores UN to punish Russia
- Moscow’s latest missile barrage forced Kyiv to shut several of the country’s nuclear plants
- A defiant Zelensky says Ukrainians are an ‘unbreakable people’, as the US warns Putin is trying to ‘freeze the country into submission’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the United Nations Security Council to act against Russia over air strikes on civilian infrastructure that have again plunged Ukrainian cities into darkness and cold as winter sets in.
Russia unleashed a missile barrage across Ukraine on Wednesday, killing 10 people, forcing shutdowns of nuclear power plants and cutting water and electricity supply in many places.
“Today is just one day, but we have received 70 missiles. That’s the Russian formula of terror. This is all against our energy infrastructure … Hospitals, schools, transport, residential districts all suffered,” Zelensky said via video link to the council chamber.
Ukraine was waiting to see “a very firm reaction” to Wednesday’s air strikes from the world, he added.
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Russia fires nearly 100 missiles at Ukraine in a day, causing widespread power outages
The council is unlikely to take any action in response to the appeal since Russia is a member with veto power.