Ukrainian president speaks to UN Council

Zelensky: "Russia has put the world on the brink of radiation catastrophe." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the UN Security Council virtually Wednesday urging the IAEA to take permanent control of the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as soon as possible. He called on Russia to completely withdraw from the station.

"Russia has put the world on the brink of radiation catastrophe. It is a fact that the Russian military has turned the territory of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant into a war zone... The Russians armed provocation shelling deployment of terrorists on the territory of the station under the Russian flag, now Europe and neighboring regions face the threat of radiation pollution," President Zelensky said.