Ukraine Requests Emergency UN Security Council Meeting Over Russian Strikes

Ukraine has requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations (UN) Security Council on Friday, Oct. 30, over Russia’s latest wave of missile and drone attacks that left at least 25 people dead and 110 wounded nationwide. “From Dnipro and Chernihiv to Kremenchuk and Kyiv, the scale and geography of the strikes show that no part of Ukraine is beyond the reach of Russian terror,” Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said, noting that the strikes targeted children, private homes, civilian infrastructure and railway facilities.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Moscow accused of blocking the UN Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, who described the strikes as another gross violation of international law and the UN charter, accused Russia of undermining international peace. He reiterated that Russia is exploiting its status as a permanent member of the Security Council to prevent the body from carrying out its mandate. As one of the council’s five permanent members, Russia holds veto power over its final resolutions, allowing Moscow to block action on its own war against Ukraine. As early as December 2022, Kyiv has called for Russia’s removal from the Security Council. In the statement, Kyiv has once again called on partners to provide Ukraine with more air-defense capabilities, to increase pressure and impose tougher sanctions on Moscow. “Russia must understand that its campaign of terror leads only to consequences, not concessions,” Sybiha said, adding that Russia must be held accountable for the “crimes it has committed.” Other Topics of Interest Ukraine Reports First Drone Interception of Russian KUB-2E Loitering Munition The Posipaky unit used a General Chereshnia AIR interceptor to down the weapon, according to Ukraine’s defense industry association. His remarks came as the Trump administration continues to ease economic pressure on Moscow. On Oct. 9, US President Donald Trump struck an abrupt diesel deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, after which Washington formally authorized the sale and import of Russian diesel through April 7, 2027. The move came just three weeks after Trump signed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, which was intended to target Russia’s energy and defense sectors. The Russian Direct Investment Fund, which helped arrange the diesel shipments, is now also seeking the removal of US sanctions against it, The New York Times reported. On Oct. 21, senior US envoy Steve Witkoff publicly confirmed that Washington and Moscow are discussing future economic and trade cooperation, alongside negotiations to end the war. He also revealed that the US Treasury Department is working directly with Kremlin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev, the fund’s chief executive, who has emerged as an increasingly prominent intermediary in Washington’s efforts to end Russia’s war through economic engagement. A day of terror Russia’s deadliest attack on Thursday, Oct. 29 hit a railway platform in Dnipro, where a Russian jet-powered drone killed 14 people waiting near a Dnipro–Zaporizhzhia passenger train. Russian forces struck the city’s railway station again on Friday, injuring a woman, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said. In Chernihiv, a Russian Banderol strike on the city center killed two 15-year-old girls and injured 27 people, among them a 10-month-old girl. In Kremenchuk, attacks on two locations, including an area where a boarding school was damaged, killed three people and injured 32, six of them children. Russian guided aerial bombs (KABs) also hit an apartment building in Izium, Kharkiv region, while late in the evening, ballistic missiles struck Kyiv, setting warehouses on fire and damaging residential buildings. In the evening of that same day, Russian forces attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles. During the 81st UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York late September, 51 UN member states signed a joint statement backing Ukraine and urging Russia to agree to a full ceasefire and enter meaningful negotiations. On that same day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the UN Security Council that Russia will not halt its aggression against Ukraine even during negotiations, rejecting growing international calls for a ceasefire. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization, reporting since 1995. Its international reach – 90% of readers are outside of Ukraine – make it truly Ukraine’s global voice.