Zelenskyy avoids confrontation with Russian foreign minister in remarks before UN Security Council
Volodymyr Zelenskyy avoided a potential face-off with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during his first in-person appearance before the U.N. Security Council. Volodymyr Zelenskyy avoided a potential face-off with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the Ukrainian president's first in-person appearance before the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday. Speaking via a translator, Zelenskyy called for Russia to be stripped of its veto power -- a move rendered virtually impossible by the structure of the U.N. charter. "Since the start of the full-scale aggression launched by this state, which for some reason is still here among the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, it has already been 574 days of pain, losses and struggle," Zelenskyy said at the top of the meeting. "Russia has killed at least tens of thousand of our people and turned millions into refugees by destroying their homes." "The terrorist state is willing, through it...