Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy takes the floor at the UN Security Council to lash 'criminal' Russia before foreign secretary Sergei Lavrov unloads for Russia.
Mr Zelenskyy repeated the Ukrainian stance that the veto power belonged to the former Soviet Union — one of the victors of World War II after which the United Nations was created — and not to President Vladimir Putin's Russia.
Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia, repeatedly asking to speak, told Mr Rama that letting Mr Zelenskyy appear first risked "undermining the authority of the Security Council" and turning it into "a one-man stand-up show".Mr Rama responded calmly but with growing annoyance, telling the Russian envoy, "There is a solution here — you stop the war, and President Zelenskyy will not take the floor.
Mr Lavrov denounced Mr Zelenskyy, who is seeking to win back all territory occupied by Russia, for not negotiating and sought intervention by Mr Antony Blinken — who looked at Mr Lavrov as he spoke. Mr Blinken, who had met Mr Lavrov before the war to warn against an invasion, has largely avoided meeting him since the war and no talks were planned in New York.
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