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Zelenskyy tells U.N. of Russian atrocities

Ukraine's president demanded full accountability for Russian forces committing the "most terrible war crimes" since World War II.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the U.N. Security Council
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the U.N. Security Council (AN/U.N. Web TV)

UNITED NATIONS (AN) — Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy demanded full accountability for the "most terrible war crimes" committed since World War II as he described Russia's atrocities in his besieged nation during his first address to the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday.

His brief video address to the U.N.'s most powerful body emphasized that Russian troops are deliberately killing Ukrainian civilians and those responsible for giving the orders should immediately be brought up on war crimes charges before a tribunal like the Nuremberg trials held by the Allies after World War II.

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