Ukraine live briefing: Russia takes U.N. Security Council presidency; calls mount for release of U.S. reporter
Russia today holds the presidency of the UN Security Council, a rotating role it will hold for a month. Moscow most recently held the position in February 2022, the month it invaded Ukraine. “A country that blatantly violates the United Nations Charter and attacks its neighbor,” White House press secretary Karen Jean-Pierre said earlier this week.There is no place in the UN Security Council.But he added that there was “no viable international legal route” to change Moscow’s status in the organization.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Koliba called the Russian presidency “a clear reminder that something is wrong with the way the international security structure works.” “A state that systematically undermines international peace and security shall preside over the institution it is tasked with maintaining”. said On Twitter.
Pressure is mounting on Moscow to release the Wall Street Journal reporter. Ivan GurshkovichWho was He was detained in Russia on Thursday. Accused of espionage, the Journal denied the allegations and said “atleastThe Biden administration is expected to expel Russia’s ambassador and Russian journalists working in the United States. Biden, speaking to reporters on Friday, called on Russia to release Grishkovich but said expelling the diplomats is “not the plan right now.”
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Stuffed animals comforting Ukrainian wartime children: For children across Ukraine, stuffed animals, security blankets and other comfort items are serving as a lifeline during the chaos of war, Siobhan O’Grady and Kamila Hrabchak report, especially for those who have lost their lives. They fled their homes with only what they could carry.
These items are now being gradually collected by the War Childhood Museum, a project dedicated to documenting the experiences of children raised in war through the cataloging and display of their personal memories and possessions. Is. When children offer a toy or a book for the collection, Victoria Nestrenko, 30, a Kharkiv-based museum researcher, tells them: ”Your pain is in this thing and it will be in the museum. … Your pain is here, not in you.”