UN Security Council holds emergency meeting after Russia launches invasion of Ukraine | FULL

The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting Wednesday evening at the request of Ukraine after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a “special military operation” in eastern Ukraine, telling the West not to intervene in what appeared to be the beginning of war in Europe.

Putin said in an early televised speech Thursday the action was in response to threats coming from Ukraine, yet insisted Russia doesn’t have a goal to occupy the country.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Putin to “give peace a chance” and stop troops from entering Ukraine.

Russia’s U.N. ambassador Vassily Nebenzia later confirmed the operation in Donbas at the meeting, but admitted he did not have all the details on what was unfolding. He insisted, however, that military action was meant to end years of conflict in the region.

Ukraine’s ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya confronted Nebenzia and the rest of the council, calling on the U.N. to “stop the war.”

Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, called what is happening “a grotesque war crime.”

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[Carolina-rdgh]

Interventions (by relevance)
Directly Involved parties:
Russia 🇷🇺 53:00 1:06:12 1:17:30
Ukraine 🇺🇦 59:45 1:16:53 1:30:26

Other interested parties:
USA 🇺🇸 11:00 1:09:30
Albania 🇦🇱 7:00 1:12:08
Estonia 🇪🇪 Latvia 🇱🇻 Lithuania 🇱🇹 1:19:00
UK 🇬🇧 19:37 1:11:05
Germany 🇩🇪 1:06:47
France 🇫🇷 22:56 1:13:45
Ireland 🇮🇪 26:52 1:15:42
China 🇨🇳 40:00
India 🇮🇳 31:30
United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 33:40
Norway 🇳🇴 36:50
Mexico 🇲🇽 51:06
Brazil 🇧🇷 42:00
Kenya 🇰🇪 45:00
Gabon 🇬🇦 46:00

Secretary General of UN Final Comments (António Guterres) 1:25:00

Thumbs up so many people can see the time stamps. Stay safe!

[cindylouwho]

Praying for the people of Ukraine. Praying for the world. Praying for Peace.

[patnot]

Proud of the Ukraine speaker, standing for the people, what only and truly matters

[riteshkhadka]

I can feel the pain in the Ukraine's official's eyes it's his people it's his country, they're dying in the very moment how could he be calm?

[anandkumarsingh]

Plz god save innocent people of both countries ...plz keep peace...

[anthonygonzalez]

It was a good run boyz. See y’all in the trenches of Ukraine

[Geared]

I am from Canada, We all need Peace. We have all been through Hell for the past 2 years. Be Honorable.

[joshbigwoo]

Pray for Ukraine! We’ve been saying for months this will happen

[PollyNY]

As a Russian, that absolutely does not support current politics, I want only to pray for the peace. There are many people that are supporting Ukraine and consider our grandpa's politics crazy (I'm sure with them). I still can not fully understand why he does that. It is an actual trash.
Ukrainians, please, stay strong

[sidvicious]

Old man's talk while young man's die in wars

[moonwacha]

Heartbreaking and terrifying. Only cowards could feel entitled enough to destroy others’ lives.

[LSwick-ssnm]

Every other major power in the world is capable of defending their borders without invading their neighbors.
There is no legitimate excuse for invasion.

[cognitive-dissident]

I hope the world can wake up to see that this is so beyond the petty politics of right vs left. I hope as a world we can come together, and say without postmodern self-consciousness, that we can sense what is right, but that we know unequivocally what is wrong.

[robertkennedyfelix]

God, pls restore peace ✌️ between Ukraine 🇺🇦 and Russia 🇷🇺 . Have mercy.

[cliffic]

May god help us all.. let the Simpsons creators prevent this war right now.😭

[nikak]

Today me, my husband and our daughter 7y.o. woke up from the Russians bombs that were launched forward our big city Kharkiv.
Daughter has peed herself, I was trembling.
21st century, center of the Europe, is there justice anywhere??

[superkamiguru]

Hope the UN does more than just thoughts and prayers this time

[bobyang]

Western will definitely support Ukrainian, but verbally only

[eisenritter]

Peace for Ukraine, Russian people must stand up against their evil government

[rubiwow]

The whole of the UN should vote on removing Russia from the UN Security Council immediately.