The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has declared that a Russian strike on a grocery store in the eastern Ukraine region of Kharkiv had killed dozens of people even as his Russian counterpart is insisting that he was out to create a new world order.
In a statement on social media which was obtained by Africa Today News, New York said; ‘The brutal Russian crime of hitting an ordinary grocery store with a rocket is a completely deliberate terrorist attack.
‘So far, more than 48 people have been reported dead’.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow’s mission is to create a “new world”.
He said this on Thursday, blaming Western hegemony for his almost 20-month offensive in Ukraine.
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‘We are tasked, essentially, with building a new world,’ Putin said during the Valdai political forum in Russia.
Putin added that the West was aiming for global ‘hegemony’.
In another report, Dennis Francis, the President of the United Nations General Assembly, has said that the top priorities during the High-Level Week are ending the conflict in Ukraine, improving climate action, and intensifying endeavours to attain the Sustainable Development Goals.
While speaking to the press in New York on Thursday, Francis shared insights into the outcomes of the 78th general debate, where Heads of State and Government from the 193 UN member states participated. The debate came to a close on Tuesday.
He pointed out that the 78th session of the UN General Assembly was unique in that it was the first time the assembly met in person since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020.
Francis said 189 leaders spoke from the rostrum, ‘an impressive increase indeed over recent years.’ Twenty-one were women, or one less than the previous year.