Zelensky calls on UN Security Council to support “peace formula” after missile strikes

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday called on the United Nations Security Council to support Ukraine's formula for peace following a wave of missile strikes on the country, which he described as a “russian formula for terror.”

Source: CNN.

Details. “I emphasise yet again: it is high time to support the Ukrainian formula of peace. There should be no room for terror in the world,” President Zelensky said. 

Mr. Zelensky emphasised the need for “modern and effective air and missile defence systems” explaining that a new series of russian airstrikes destroyed critical facilities, including energy infrastructure, housing, and a hospital maternity ward, where a newborn baby died.

The large-scale attack on energy infrastructure also led to widespread blackouts in Ukraine and neighboring Moldova. The president called the act “analogous to using weapons of mass destruction.”

“When the temperature outside drops below zero and tens of millions of people are left without electricity, heat and water as a result of russian missiles hitting energy facilities, that is an obvious crime against humanity,” Mr. Zelensky said. 

U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield was one of several representatives to reiterate their support for Ukraine, with emphasis on condemning russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. 

“putin's motive could not be more clear and more cold-blooded. He is clearly – clearly – weaponising winter to inflict immense suffering on the Ukrainian people. He has decided that if he can't seize Ukraine by force, he will try to freeze the country into submission,” Ms. Greenfield said.

Previously. As of the morning of November 24, the Office of the President reported that electricity had been returned to most oblasts of Ukraine.