Russia’s criminal actions against Ukraine bear signs of genocide and the Russian Federation shall be deprived of the right to vote in the UN Security Council, President of Ukraine has said.

“The criminal actions of Russia against Ukraine bear signs of genocide. I spoke about this with the UN Secretary General. Russia is on the path of evil. The world must come to deprive Russia of the right to vote in the UN Security Council.

What the occupiers are doing to Kharkiv, Akhtyrka, Kyiv, Odesa and other cities and towns is to be assessed by an international tribunal. We clearly record all their crimes. The aggressor is going to bomb Ukrainian cities even more and kill our children even more insidiously.

They lied that they would not touch the civilian population. But from the first hours of the invasion, Russian troops have been hitting civilian infrastructure. They deliberately chose tactics to defeat people and everything that makes life just normal. Power plants, hospitals, kindergartens, residential buildings – everyone is under attack every day”, - said Volodymyr Zelensky, addressing the citizens of Ukraine on Sunday, the fourth day of the war.