Russia attributes the high number of victims of the attacks to Ukrainian mistakes
At the emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council this Friday in New York, Russian representative Vasily Nebenzia attributed the number of Russian attacks on Ukraine to the misuse of Ukrainian air defense systems, which “led to the deaths of civilians,” he said.
He held up a QR code that linked to a video that he said showed residential buildings being damaged by Ukrainian anti-aircraft missiles.
Most Security Council members, including the US, France and Britain, condemned the attacks on Ukraine. China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, Geng Shuang, did not condemn the attacks but called for a “political solution” to the war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today took stock of the consequences of Russia's massive attack on several Ukrainian cities. “More than 100 private houses were destroyed or damaged, as well as 45 multi-storey buildings, schools, two churches, hospitals, a maternity ward and numerous commercial warehouses,” he explained in a video address, adding that this is the case “to this day,” 29 people [qui] lost their lives.”
The number given by various Ukrainian authorities indicates at least thirty victims.