UNSC to meet on Ukraine

The Mission of Ukraine to the UN requested the meeting following a missile attack on a shopping mall in Kremenchuk that left 13 dead, Reuters reported citing the regional governor.

In a letter on Monday to the Albanian Mission, which has the Presidency of the Council for June, Ukrainian Ambassador to the UN Sergiy Kyslytsya, said, "Today, on 27 June, the Russian Federation committed another act of terror, shelling with missiles a crowded shopping center in Kremenchuk, Poltava region."

"Taken into account ongoing violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity by the Russian Federation, coupled with war crimes and crimes against humanity against the civilian population, and upon the instructions of my Government, I have the honor to request an urgent meeting of the Security Council in accordance with Article 34 and 35 of the United Nations Charter under the agenda item 'Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine," he said.

On the other hand, Russia disputed the blame.

Russia’s UN Deputy Envoy Dmitry Polyanskiy tweeted, "Looks like we are dealing with a new Bucha-style Ukrainian provocation. One should wait for what our Ministry of Defense will say, but there are too many striking discrepancies already. Exactly what the Kiev regime needs to keep the focus of attention on Ukraine before the NATO Summit,"

On Saturday, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the Russian military destroyed Ukrainian facilities for fuel processing and storage near the southern cities of Kremenchuk and Lysychansk with precision strikes.