Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who had been slated to attend, was not in the room when Zelensky spoke.
In his remarks Wednesday, Zelesnky called the U.N. General Assembly to remove Russia’s veto power on the Security Council, a reform that would cut to the bones of the institution. He said support for Ukraine amounted to support for the goals of the U.N. Charter, and called on governments to back Kyiv’s 10-point peace plan, which Moscow has rejected.reported
, setting up a potentially dramatic encounter between the pair — 19 months after Moscow launched its invasion. But he was not in the room when Zelensky spoke. Addressing fellow world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, Zelensky reiterated his stance that Ukraine would not settle for any peace plan that did not include Russia’s full withdrawal from Ukrainian territory. Meanwhile, President Biden vowed sustained U.S. support for Kyiv. “Russia alone has the power to end this war immediately,” he said.
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