Volodymyr Pavlichenko, Deputy Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, told the Security Council on Thursday that Russia is intensifying its campaign of terror against civilians, abusing its permanent seat on the council, and spreading “Orwellian” propaganda to justify war crimes and crimes against humanity. Kyiv’s representative thanked UN officials Rosemary DiCarlo and Indrika Ratwatte for presenting evidence of new Russian war crimes against Ukrainian civilians.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Russia’s “Orwellian inversion of reality” Citing George Orwell’s 1984, he recalled the slogans of a totalitarian state that distorted reality to control society and justify foreign conflicts: “War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength.” According to Ukraine, Russia’s representative had demonstrated “this exact Orwellian inversion of reality in action.” Moscow, the Ukrainian delegation argued, wants the Security Council to believe that deliberate missile and drone strikes on residential buildings are a legitimate method of warfare, that the occupation of Ukrainian cities destroyed by Russian forces amounts to “liberation,” and that its full-scale invasion is somehow aimed at “peace and security.” “Nobody would ever fall for aggressor lies here,” Ukraine’s diplomat told the council. Kyiv stressed that Russia launched its unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine more than 12 years ago and continues to abuse its seat on the Security Council.