Zelensky Demands Nuremberg-Style Trial For Russian War Criminals

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky savaged Russia in a ferocious, passionate attack on Moscow’s military for its alleged violations in Bucha and elsewhere which have been proven by documentary evidence and satellite imagery, Paul Adams reported for BBC.

Photo Insert: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visiting the injured

“The Russian military searched for and purposefully killed anyone who served our country,” he said in an address before the UN Security Council, adding: “They killed entire families, adults, and children, and they tried to burn the bodies.”

The catalog of horrors Zelensky lists includes throats slashed, limbs cut off, and women raped in front of their children.

He said there’s no difference between this and the actions of terrorists, except that Russia is a member of the UN Security Council. Zelensky demanded that Russia face "accountability," saying it should be brought before an international tribunal similar to that held at Nuremberg after World War II.

The "massacre" in Bucha is only one example of many of what Russia has been doing in past 41 days, Zelensky stressed. The world is yet to learn the full truth, he adds, with Russia's military openly looting villages they have captured.

He also questioned Russia's role within the UN, saying the invasion "undermines" the whole architecture of global security. He called on the council to throw Russia out as a member of the UN Security Council.

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