UN Security Council

Ukraine presses UN Security Council for immediate unconditional ceasefire

Ukraine called on the UN Security Council to urgently consider and adopt a resolution on an immediate and unconditional ceasefire, urging the organization to overcome its paralysis over Russia’s actions, Ukrinform reported on July 10.

10 July, 09:00 AM

Ukraine demands urgent Security Council meeting after mass Russian strikes on Kyiv

Ukraine is initiating an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council in connection with massive Russian attacks, specifically targeting Kyiv, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported on July 6.

6 July, 02:31 PM

Intensified Russian airstrikes push Ukraine civilian toll to highest level since 2022

The number of civilian casualties in Ukraine reached its highest level since April 2022 in May 2026, driven by a sharp escalation in Russian airstrikes, UN Assistant Secretary-General Mohamed Khaled Khiari said at a Security Council meeting on June 22, Ukrinform reported.

23 June, 08:45 AM

U.S. calls Russia’s war on Ukraine a strategic disaster, urges return to negotiating table

The U.S. ambassador to the UN Security Council Dan Negrea called Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine a strategic disaster for Moscow and urged the Kremlin’s allies to stop supporting the Russian military campaign, Ukrinform reported on June 9.

9 June, 09:15 AM

U.N. Security Council to hold emergency meeting on latest Russian mass strike – FM Sybiha

The U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on June 8, at Ukraine’s request over Russia’s latest large-scale strike, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.

6 June, 12:20 PM

Germany misses U.N. Security Council seat for first time in major blow to Merz

Germany failed to secure a seat on the U.N. Security Council in a June 3 vote at the U.N. General Assembly, a result Politico described as a “serious diplomatic defeat” for Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

4 June, 11:19 AM

Russian propaganda confesses to indiscriminate missile strikes in Kyiv - Ukraine UN Ambassador

Russian propaganda effectively admitted that Russian forces struck Kyiv indiscriminately, without distinguishing between military and civilian targets, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN Andrii Melnyk said at a UN Security Council meeting on May 28.

29 May, 10:07 AM

Ukraine’s UN Ambassador calls to strip Russia of Security Council seat over war crimes

Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN Andrii Melnyk called for a legal and political mechanism to strip Russia of its permanent membership in the UN Security Council amid aggression against Ukraine and systematic crimes against civilians, Ukrinform reported on May 19.

21 May, 09:30 AM

Melnyk blasts Nebenzya at UN after Russian envoy brands Ukrainians ‘expendable’

Ukraine’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Andrii Melnyk, hit back after Russia’s UN envoy Vasily Nebenzya called Ukrainians “expendable,” Ukrinform reported on April 21.

22 April, 02:12 PM

Ukraine to discuss Russia’s strike at UN Security Council after 100+ injured — Sybiha

Andrii Sybiha said Ukraine will raise Russia’s Apr. 16 mass strike at a UN Security Council meeting scheduled for Apr. 20.

16 April, 02:19 PM

Macron demands urgent U.N. meeting after U.S., Israeli strikes on Iran

French President Emmanuel Macron called for an urgent meeting of the U.N. Security Council over U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, Reuters reported.

28 February, 06:51 PM

Melania Trump to preside over UN Security Council meeting

First Lady Melania Trump will chair a UN Security Council meeting in March, on the first day the United States holds the council’s rotating presidency, according to U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz.

26 February, 10:46 PM

Russia's UN envoy claims to be Ukrainian

Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, told a UN Security Council meeting that he is "Ukrainian," saying his parents were Ukrainian and that his family name comes from Zaporizhian Cossacks.

26 February, 12:48 AM

‘A fig leaf for weakness’: Melnyk slams Russia’s Oreshnik missile strike on Lviv Oblast at UN

Russia’s Oreshnik missile strike on Lviv Oblast was meant to intimidate Ukraine’s allies, not retaliate for any supposed Ukrainian attack on Vladimir Putin’s residence, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations Andrii Melnyk said during a UN Security Council meeting called after the Jan. 9 strike, according to Radio Svoboda.

13 January, 12:09 PM

Russia justifies Ukraine strikes at UN, says it will ‘solve the problem militarily’

Russia will continue “solving the problem by military means,” its UN envoy Vasily Nebenzya said on Jan. 12, defending missile strikes on Ukraine and denying civilian deaths during a Security Council meeting convened at Kyiv’s request after Russia used an Oreshnik ballistic missile in a new wave of attacks.

13 January, 10:35 AM

2025 one of deadliest years for Ukrainian civilians, UN says

This year has become one of the deadliest years for Ukrainian civilians as Russian bombardment of Ukraine’s cities intensifies, Kayoko Gotoh, a spokeswoman for the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, said on Dec. 9.

9 December 2025, 11:26 PM

Red line: Ukraine rejects land-for-peace talks

Kyiv will not accept any peace proposal that requires giving up territory or restricting its sovereignty, Ukraine’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Khrystyna Hayovyshyn, said at the Nov. 20 emergency UN Security Council meeting convened after Russia’s massive Nov. 19 air assault on Ukraine.

21 November 2025, 09:25 AM

Ukraine builds new security system after Budapest Memorandum failure — Zelenskyy

Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a UN Security Council meeting that the Budapest Memorandum failed to protect Ukraine, so the country is working with partners to build a new security system, his office said on Sept. 24.

24 September 2025, 11:15 AM

Estonia calls emergency UN Security Council meeting over Russian airspace violation

Estonia has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council for the first time in 34 years of membership following a breach of its airspace by Russian fighter jets, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on Sept. 21, according to public broadcaster ERR.

21 September 2025, 08:45 PM

Iran ends cooperation with IAEA over nuclear program amid renewed tensions with West

Iran has announced it will no longer cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency following what it called “reckless” actions by the United Kingdom, France and Germany regarding its nuclear program, Iranian state-linked outlet Tasnim reported on Sept. 20, citing a statement by the country’s Nuclear Safety Commission.

21 September 2025, 04:11 PM

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