July 9, 2024
The representative of Ukraine said it has become a tradition for the Russian Federation to mark its presidency in the Council with heinous war crimes, adding: “the Chair’s seat is already soaked with blood.” On 8 July that country deliberately targeted “perhaps the most vulnerable and defenceless group in any society — children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses”, he said.
Holding up images of the missile’s flight trajectory, as well as pictures of missile fragments retrieved from under the hospital, he said the footage shows that the hospital was a deliberate target. Noting that several departments in the hospital were damaged, he highlighted the physical harm and stress endured by the patients.
Okhmatdyt Hospital was just one of many targets in the heavy missile strike which hit Kyiv and other cities on 8 July, he said, noting that the Russian Federation launched 38 missiles, attacking almost 100 civilian sites.
“The children who Russia cannot abduct and brainwash, Russia kills,” he said, adding that the person sitting at the head of the table represents “a wanted criminal, suspected of crimes against children”.
On the Russian Federation’s propaganda channels on social media, he said, bloggers openly explain the rationale behind the Kremlin’s bloody actions. That country does not hide that it is deliberately attacking hospitals, he said, adding that it did so in Syria from 2015.
Describing the attack as a manifestation of the country’s deepest contempt for any peace initiative, he said: “Russia is like cancer, only worse.” Stressing that it is imperative to shoot down the Russian Federation’s missiles, he called for bold steps to eliminate any security deficit.
Noting ongoing negotiations regarding Summit of the Future, he asked: “What kind of future are we talking about if the murderer is sitting knee deep in children’s blood in the chair’s seat here?”
The representative of the Russian Federation will bypass purgatory and end up in hell forever, he said, calling on the Council to respond to that country’s aggression and war crimes as well as address the issue of its presence in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union.