Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky has compared Russian forces to Islamist terrorists for the horrific war crimes carried out by retreating soldiers.
In an impassioned speech, Zelensky urged the UN Security Council in New York to set up Nuremberg-style war trials akin to those held after the defeat of the Nazis.
Zelensky detailed reports of how Vladimir Putin’s troops killed hundreds as they retreated from Bucha, a suburb near Kyiv in the month-long conflict which has seen over 3,000 civilians killed.
During the UK-convened meeting of the UN’s most powerful body, whose membership includes Russia, Zelensky called for those responsible to be “brought to justice” in a tribunal similar to the Nuremberg trials.Speaking to the council, Zelensky said: “There is not a single crime they [Russia] would not commit there, the Russian military surged and purposefully shot and killed anyone who served our country.”“They shot and killed women outside their houses when they just tried to call someone who is alive.
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