Ukraine War Updates: Zelensky To Address UN Security Council Today Over Russia’s “Genocide”

Kyiv: 

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky will address the UN Security Council today, where he is expected to demand tough new sanctions on Moscow over killings in the Ukrainian town of Bucha that he has called “genocide”.

The recent discovery of bodies scattered on the streets of the town after the withdrawal of Russian forces has sparked global outrage.

In response, US President Joe Biden on Monday called for a war crimes trial and more sanctions on Russia. The EU said it is ready to send a team of investigators to gather evidence of possible war crimes after the mass graves were discovered close to the the Ukrainian capital.

The Kremlin denies Russian forces killed civilians, claiming that the images of dead bodies in Bucha are “fakes” produced by “Ukrainian radicals.”

Ten civilians were also killed while 46 were wounded in a Russian bombardment of the Ukrainian town Mykolaiv on Monday. In a jarring discovery, Ukrainian authorities also found the bodies of five civilians with their hands tied in