An urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council in response to the sharp escalation of Russian strikes on Ukrainian civilians and critical infrastructure will take place on Tuesday, May 19.
This was reported to an Ukrinform correspondent by the Security Council secretariat.
Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN Andrii Melnyk requested the urgent convening of the meeting due to the massive attacks on Ukraine. He sent an official letter to China’s Permanent Representative to the UN Fu Cong, as China holds the presidency of the Security Council in May.
In the document, Melnyk noted that between May 4 and May 11, Russian forces used about 600 strike drones and 16 ballistic missiles against Ukrainian cities and communities. More than 40 civilians were killed and over 200 others were injured as a result of these attacks.
He said May 5 was “one of the deadliest days for civilians in recent months of Russia’s war of destruction against the Ukrainian nation,” with deaths reported in Zaporizhzhia, Kramatorsk, Dnipro, and the Poltava region.
