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UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting after Russian drone incursion into Poland

The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting at Poland’s request to address the breach of its airspace during the overnight hours of Sept. 10, Poland’s Foreign Ministry said on Sept. 11, according to Reuters.

11 September 2025, 12:55 PM

UN Security Council to hold urgent meeting today on Russia’s strikes against Ukraine

The U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting at 10 p.m. Kyiv time at Ukraine’s request, Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said on X on Aug. 29.

29 August 2025, 05:35 PM

Ukraine initiates emergency UN Security Council meeting after Russian strike on Kyiv

Ukraine has called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council in response to yet another escalation of Russian terror — a deadly strike on Kyiv on July 31, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on Aug. 1.

1 August 2025, 09:12 AM

UN blacklists Russia for war crimes against children in Ukraine

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed deep concern over the sharp rise in grave violations of children’s rights amid armed conflicts, particularly in Ukraine, his Special Representative Virginia Gamba said on June 26.

26 June 2025, 09:01 AM

Moscow demands halting mobilization and military aid to Ukraine in exchange for ceasefire

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, said Moscow is prepared to agree to a ceasefire if Kyiv stops mobilization and its Western allies cease arms shipments, the BBC reported on May 30.

31 May 2025, 02:11 AM

Kyiv calls for sanctions in response to Russia’s escalation threats

Ukraine is urging the world to respond with harsher punitive sanctions to Moscow’s threats of escalating the war even further, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on May 30.

30 May 2025, 08:31 PM

US warns it may exit peace talks if Russia continues war

The United States may reconsider its participation in peace negotiations should Russia decide to continue its war, acting US Deputy Representative to the UN John Kelley said at a Security Council meeting, Interfax-Ukraine wrote on May 29.

30 May 2025, 08:20 AM

Ukraine’s UN envoy calls for decisive steps against Russian terror after Kryvyi Rih strike

Ukrainian UN Chargée d’Affaires Khrystyna Hayovyshyn urged the Security Council to move beyond condemnation and take concrete action against Russia’s relentless attacks, spotlighting the April 4 ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih that killed at least 20 civilians, including nine children, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

9 April 2025, 12:19 PM

UN Security Council to meet over Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih

Ukraine has called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council following a Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih that killed 20 people, including nine children, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha announced on April 7.

7 April 2025, 09:42 PM

UN approves Ukraine resolution without condemning Russia

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted a US-proposed resolution on the war in Ukraine — without explicitly identifying Russia as the aggressor, Interfax Ukraine reported on Feb. 25.

25 February 2025, 08:01 AM

Thousands of North Korean workers were sent to Russia in 2024

North Korea sent thousands of workers to Russia in 2024, despite a UN Security Council ban, Yonhap reported, citing South Korea's National Intelligence Service on Feb. 9.

9 February 2025, 12:49 PM

UN reveals sharp rise in Ukraine casualties as Russian strikes intensify

The United Nations has reported that 12,300 civilians have been killed and 27,800 injured in Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, as of Nov. 30, 2024. The data was presented by Izumi Nakamitsu, the UN's Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, during a UN Security Council meeting, Ukrinform reported on Dec. 21.

21 December 2024, 11:01 AM

UN Security Council to meet today over Russia’s latest strikes on Ukraine

On Nov. 27, the UN Security Council will convene to discuss the latest attacks by Russia on Ukraine.

27 November 2024, 02:46 PM

UN Security Council ‘outdated and paralyzed’ — Secretary-General Guterres

The United Nations Security Council has become “outdated and often ineffective,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Nov. 26 at the 10th Alliance of Civilizations Forum in Cascais, Portugal.

27 November 2024, 12:45 AM

Sybiha shows North Korean KN-23 missile fragment at UN Security Council

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha presented a fragment of a North Korean ballistic missile, the KN-23, at a UN Security Council meeting, marking 1,000 days since the war outbreak, Interfax-Ukraine reported on Nov. 19.

19 November 2024, 09:44 AM

China labels Ukraine war as 'conflict', urges dialogue under UN principles

China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Geng Shuang, has urged Russia and Ukraine to start peace talks as soon as possible, as both sides are "obsessed" with achieving military victory, Ukrinform reported on Nov. 19.

19 November 2024, 07:53 AM

Zelenskyy urges global action to force Russia to accept peace

Western countries must “force Russia to accept peace” and hold it accountable for its actions in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his address to the UN Security Council on Sept. 24.

25 September 2024, 08:02 AM

Russia planning attacks on Ukraine’s nuclear power plants — Zelenskyy

Moscow is preparing to attack three Ukrainian nuclear power plants later this year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the UN Security Council on Sept. 24.

24 September 2024, 11:42 PM

Removing Russia from the UN Security Council nearly impossible — State Department

The UN Charter makes any attempt to exclude Russia as a permanent member of the UN Security Council “incredibly difficult,” U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said at a press briefing on Sept. 19.

20 September 2024, 01:22 AM

US blasts China’s Ukraine war ‘peace plan’

Beijing’s proposals to end the war in Ukraine contradict the UN Charter and basic principles of international law, Robert Wood, the U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, said on Sept. 13.

14 September 2024, 01:58 AM

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