Ukraine calls emergency UN Security Council meeting after Russian strikes kill 20 in Dnipro, Chernihiv, Kremenchuk

Ukraine has called an emergency UN Security Council meeting to hold Russia accountable for strikes that killed civilians in Dnipro, Chernihiv, and Kremenchuk, according to Ukraine's UN ambassador Andriy Melnyk on Friday, October 30. Melnyk stated that Russian missiles deliberately killed 20 Ukrainians and wounded dozens more in the three cities, calling the attacks "barbaric atrocities." He did not specify a date for the meeting, which aims to address the recent escalation. The strikes occurred on October 29, when a Russian drone hit a railway station in Dnipro, killing 14 people, and attacks in Chernihiv and Kremenchuk killed five more, including two 15-year-old girls.