before the United Nations General Assembly, Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Russia of “genocide” and proposes organizing a world peace summit

• Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of using food and energy “like weapons” and believed that Russia had not “no right to possess nuclear weapons”. The President of Ukraine added that Russia’s transfer of ” tens of thousands “ of Ukrainian children in the territories it occupies in Ukraine is “clearly a genocide”.
• A drone attack took place in Lviv during the night from Monday to Tuesday, causing the death of one person. The attack took place “around 5 a.m.”the Ukrainian emergency service detailed on Tuesday: “As a result, three warehouses with an area of ​​9,450 square meters caught fire. There are victims. Firefighting operations continue. »
• Six civilians were killed in a Russian bombing in Kupiansk, in the East, announced the governor of the Kharkiv region, Tuesday noon on Telegram.
• Two people died and one was injured in an attack in Kherson. “A trolleybus carrying passengers was hit by enemy artillery. The injured were hospitalized”said Ihor Klymenko, acting Ukrainian interior minister, Tuesday on Telegram.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the United States on Monday. In the evening, he went to the bedside of seriously injured Ukrainian soldiers in a New York hospital. He is due to attend the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Tuesday, then meet with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. He is due to meet his American counterpart, Joe Biden, on Thursday in Washington.
• The Ukrainian counter-offensive “progressing steadily”estimates the American Secretary of Defense. Lloyd Austin also announced that the American M1 Abrams tanks promised to kyiv at the beginning of the year “will soon enter Ukraine”.
• Ukraine requests “repairs” against Russia before the International Court of Justice. kyiv accuses Russia of carrying out “imperialist war”of “want to erase [l’Ukraine] from the menu “ and of “to despise” international law.
• A cargo ship carrying grain leaves Chornomorsk, a Ukrainian port on the Black Sea, despite the threat of Russian attacks, Ukrainian authorities announced.
• kyiv announces that it has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization against three European Union countries – Poland, Slovakia and Hungary – which have extended their embargo on Ukrainian grain imports despite the lifting of restrictions decided by Brussels.

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