The Ukrainian president called for Russia to be punished for the invasion.
UNITED NATIONS — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared somber and, at times, angry in a blistering address to the U.N. General Assembly in Manhattan on Tuesday, as he sought to shore up support for his country’s war effort and demand that Russia be punished for the invasion.
“The goal of the present war against Ukraine is to turn our land, our people, our lives, our resources into a weapon against you, against the international rules-based order,” he said. The U.S. delegation — which included Secretary of State Antony Blinken, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Biden’s climate envoy, John Kerry — were seated at the adjacent desk.
Most leaders who took the dais at the U.N. headquarters in Midtown Manhattan ahead of the Ukrainian president acknowledged that the globe faces the highest number of violent conflicts since World War II — though only some directly addressed Russia’s war in Ukraine. Most speeches drew greater focus to the challenges of climate change, growing income inequality and poverty, developing refugee crises and the need for greater international dialogue to promote peace.
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