Zelensky assures that the attack on the Kremenchuk shopping center must be recognized as a terrorist act

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June 28. () –

The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, has assured before the UN Security Council that the missile attack on the commercial center of the Ukrainian town of Kremenchuk must be recognized as a terrorist act.

“I suggest that a statement be made, that a decision be made that this is a terrorist act. And that all the necessary information be independently investigated, and that it be really verified whether it was an attack from the territory of Russia. “, has indicated before the Council.

Zelensky has recalled that, unfortunately, the UN does not have a legal basis to designate the meaning of a terrorist state. “In one way or another, it is necessary to legally guarantee this status at the UN level and punish any terrorist state,” he said, according to the UNIAN news agency.

The Ukrainian president has also recalled the injustice that Moscow still has a presence in the UN General Assembly, as well as in the United Nations Security Council, especially because “it violates its fundamental principles” by killing civilians on Ukrainian soil.

“Although Russia violates the fundamental principles of the UN and the international legal order, it is still not prosecuted at the global level. It still remains in the UN and even enjoys the privileges of the chair it occupies, the seat of a permanent member of the Council. UN Security,” said the Ukrainian president, according to the Ukrinform news agency.

“We must act immediately and do everything to prevent Russia from killing. It must be held accountable for terrorism. We need to bring it to justice. Otherwise, it can transfer its terrorist activity to other countries in Europe and Asia, the Baltic states, Poland, Moldova, Kazakhstan”, he has listed.

The members of the UN Security Council, within the framework of the speech by the President of Ukraine, held a minute of silence during the session in memory of the victims who have died during the conflict.