Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia is 'weaponizing' everything from food and energy to abducted children in its war against Ukraine.
of abducting children from Ukraine. Russian officials have denied any forced transfers of children, saying some Ukrainian children are in foster care.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, speaks at the General Debate of the UN General Assembly. More than 140 heads of state and government are on the list of speakers.Zelenskyy took to the world stage at a sensitive point in his country's campaign to maintain international support for its fight. Nearly 19 months after Moscow launched a full-scale invasion, Ukrainian forces are three months into a counteroffensive that has not gone as fast or as well as initially hoped.
"We must stand up to this naked aggression today and deter other would-be aggressors tomorrow," U.S. President Joe Biden told the assembly Tuesday in his own speech. As he pledged support to Ukraine, there was a round of applause, and the U.N. cameras showed Zelenskyy, sitting in Ukraine's seat in the General Assembly, clapping his hands.
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