10 things you need to know today: April 6, 2022

Zelensky says U.N. must take action against Russia for war crimes, Oklahoma lawmakers pass near-total abortion ban, and more

Ukainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the press in Bucha on April 4, 2022
Ukainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the press in Bucha on April 4, 2022
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1. Zelensky challenges U.N. to take forceful action against Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the United Nations Security Council in a Tuesday videoconference that Russian forces had committed war crimes in parts of Ukraine they recently left, likening them to Islamic State terrorists. "They cut off limbs, cut their throats," Zelensky said. "Women were raped and killed in front of their children." Zelensky, citing gruesome images of alleged atrocities in the town of Bucha, challenged the U.N. to take forceful action and kick Russia off the Security Council. Diplomats called for investigating Bucha civilian deaths that have ignited global outrage, but Russia's Security Council veto prevented them from doing anything. Russia's U.N. ambassador, Vasily Nebenzya, told the council Ukraine's evidence that Russian troops killed civilians in Bucha was "fake."

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.