Ukraine Requests Emergency UN Security Council Meeting Over Russian Strikes

Ukraine has requested an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council in response to devastating Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities of Dnipro, Chernihiv, and Kremenchuk, according to Andrii Melnyk, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN. The attacks, which occurred on October 29, resulted in the deaths of at least 27 people and left 128 others injured, including six children.

On the morning of October 29, a Russian missile strike at Dnipro railway station killed 15 people and injured 14 others. The station was preparing to send a passenger train to Zaporizhzhia at the time of the attack. Later, Russian forces targeted central Chernihiv, killing two 15-year-old girls and injuring at least 25 others, among them four children.

Kremenchuk, located in Poltava Oblast, also fell victim to Russian attacks. Drones struck an apartment building in a residential area, killing three people and injuring 32 others, including six children. These attacks highlight the ongoing barbaric atrocities perpetrated by Russian forces against Ukrainian civilians. Melnyk urged the international community to expel Russia from the UN Security Council.