UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting over Russia's latest large-scale strike on Ukraine

The United Nations Security Council will convene an emergency meeting on Monday, June 8, at Ukraine's request in response to Russia's latest large-scale attack.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha announced this on X, Ukrinform reports.

"The latest wave of Russian strikes is yet another reminder that Moscow continues to choose escalation over peace, and terror over diplomacy," he wrote.

He stressed that sustained international pressure on Russia remains necessary to restore respect for the UN Charter and to advance a substantive peace proposal put forward by President Volodymyr Zelensky aimed at ending the war.

"We thank our partners for their continued support and contribution to achieving a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace," Sybiha said.

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Earlier reports said that Ukraine's air defense forces had intercepted 40 missiles and 602 drones launched by Russia on the night of June 1-2.

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