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Ukraine Prez tells top UN body to make Russia accountable for 'war crimes'

He questioned the value of the 15-member UN Security Council, which has been unable to take any action over Russia's Feb 24 invasion of Ukraine because Moscow is a veto power

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appears on a screen as he addresses the UNSC via video link during a meeting amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan (Photo: Reuters)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appears on a screen as he addresses the UNSC via video link during a meeting amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan (Photo: Reuters)

Reuters United Nations/Lviv
Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that "accountability must be inevitable" for Russia as he accused invading Russian troops of committing "the most terrible war crimes" since World War Two.
 
The European Union's executive meanwhile proposed sweeping new sanctions against Russia, including a ban on coal imports, as part of the West's response to evidence of civilian killings in the northern Ukrainian town of Bucha retaken from Russian forces.
 
Between 150 and 300 bodies may be in a mass grave by a church in Bucha, Ukrainian human rights ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova said.
 
Zelensky questioned the

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