{"id":755729,"date":"2026-06-23T20:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T20:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/755729\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T20:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T20:13:15","slug":"uk-condemns-russias-mass-strikes-on-ukraine-at-un-security-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/755729\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Condemns Russia\u2019s Mass Strikes on Ukraine at UN Security Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK condemned Moscow\u2019s latest mass strikes on Ukrainian cities at the\u00a0 UN Security Council <\/a>on Monday, accusing Russia of a familiar pattern of \u201cdestruction, then denial, then disinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ambassador James Kariuki, the UK Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires to the UN, said Russia\u2019s June 14-15 mass attack killed at least 11 civilians and marked another escalation in Moscow\u2019s war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe international community has been loud and clear in calling for a ceasefire,\u201d Kariuki told the Council. \u201cEnough is enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

That night, Russia launched 611 drones and 70 missiles, including 40 ballistic and hypersonic missiles, against Ukraine, Kariuki said. He described it as the second-largest attack of its kind in the war, surpassed only by an earlier strike this month involving 41 ballistic and hypersonic missiles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese intensifying attacks have driven a sharp rise in civilian casualties,\u201d Kariuki told the Council.<\/p>\n

He said OCHA recorded in May the highest monthly civilian casualty total since the beginning of the war, warning that June\u2019s figures are on course to be even higher.<\/p>\n

Kariuki said Russian drones and missiles not only killed Ukrainian civilians on June 14, but also damaged Ukrainian cultural heritage and identity.<\/p>\n

He pointed to the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Ukraine\u2019s most important religious and cultural landmarks, which was set ablaze during the attack.<\/p>\n

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Under international humanitarian law, Russia is obligated to protect such sites, he stressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cRussia has already sought to deflect responsibility, part of a familiar pattern of destruction, then denial, then disinformation,\u201d Kariuki said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is hard not to view such attacks as an attempt to erase Ukrainian identity and culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hollow claims <\/p>\n

The UK envoy said the Mystetskyi Arsenal Arts Museum and the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studio were also hit during the same wave of strikes.<\/p>\n

Since 2022, UNESCO has verified damage to more than 500 religious sites in Ukraine, 200 buildings of historic interest, as well as museums, monuments, theatres and libraries, Kariuki noted.<\/p>\n

He also recalled the destruction of Odesa Cathedral in July 2023, saying Russia continues to claim it protects religious communities while its actions show the opposite.<\/p>\n

\u201cColleagues, hollow claims are a part of Russia\u2019s modus operandi,\u201d Kariuki said.<\/p>\n

He pointed to reports by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine documenting systematic torture of prisoners of war, deportation and forced transfer of children, and attacks causing significant damage to schools and hospitals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese actions speak for themselves,\u201d Kariuki said.<\/p>\n

He ended by urging Russia to heed international calls for a ceasefire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UK condemned Moscow\u2019s latest mass strikes on Ukrainian cities at the\u00a0 UN Security Council on Monday, accusing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-755729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}