Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced his intention to call on the U.N. body via a post on the X social platform during his Monday visit to Poland. The Ukrainian President stopped in Warsaw to
meet with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk while on his way to a three-day NATO summit that will begin on Tuesday.
“We must hold Russia accountable for its acts of terror and Putin for ordering the strikes. Every time there are attempts to discuss peace with him, Russia responds with attacks on homes and hospitals,” he wrote and added: “This is why we can only force Russia into peace, and we can only achieve this together with everyone in the world who truly seeks peace. This requires sufficient support, determination, truly joint action, and defense – shoulder to shoulder.”
“Ukraine is currently initiating an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council due to the Russian strike on civilian infrastructure, including the children’s hospital,” Zelenskyy’s message concluded.
As a result of Monday strikes carried out by Russia against Ukrainian targets, 36 people were killed and 140 injured. In Kyiv alone, at least 22 were killed and 74 people injured. Casualties were also reported in Kryvyi Rih and Dnipro in southern Ukraine, and Pokrovsk in the east of the country.
In particular, a strike at the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital resulted in the deaths of two members of the hospital’s staff and injuries to some 20 people, including seven children. The remainder of the staff and patients had to be evacuated.
Another strike on a healthcare facility in the Dniprovskyi district of the Ukrainian capital resulted in seven killed and three injured.
