Security Council
Maintenance of international peace and security - Security Council, 10187th meeting
Meeting following a reported strike on a bus transporting Belarusian civilians in the Russian Federation, many speakers in the Security Council today called for an independent investigation to establish the facts surrounding this incident as calls for a broader ceasefire echoed yet again in the chamber.
The Council has met repeatedly over the past months on the situation in Ukraine, including on a failed Orthodox Easter truce, a reported attack on a dormitory in the city of Starobilsk and the reported crash of a Russian Federation drone in Romania.
Throughout this period, Russian Federation missile and drone strikes against Ukraine have increased sharply, and the Council was told on 8 June that the war is now deadlier than at any point since the start of Moscow’s invasion in 2022. Just last week, on 22 June, the Council was briefed on another large-scale Russian Federation attack that affected civilians and historic sites in Ukraine.
- Briefer: Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations


