including an opera singer who managed to flee. you know, it s so devastating, it s a very personal story for me, as well and as for a lot of actors and musicians who sang their. and musicians who sang there. it s even more devastating to know that this place actually was a shelter for more than a thousand people, including children. despite the all too visible devastation in mariupol, russia claims that it does not bomb cities and did not bomb the theatre. officials in kyiv say russia is carrying out a genocide. the intention of russian aggressors is to destroyj mariupol to the ground. but the main thing, and the main. ..tragedy that they are losing other people. i we will rebuild ukraine. but we will not, you know, -
condemned in no uncertain terms. as president blyton said, ukraine will never be a victory for putin. president biden. matter what advances he makes, no matter who he kills or what cities he destroys, ukraine will never be a victory. that is the us ambassador to the un. yesterday president biden said that in his opinion war crimes have been committed in ukraine. personally, i agree. intentionally target in civilians is a war crime. after all the destruction of the past few weeks, ifind it difficult the destruction of the past few weeks, i find it difficult to conclude that the russians are doing otherwise.
because across this country the monastery is that are still standing, the bells toll for ukraine. after i spoke to her in the last hour and spoke about those bells several of you mention how you liked her description. so i posted it on twitter in case you d like to share it with other people. let s turn to the diplomatic efforts taking place today. the united nations security council is holding an emergency meeting to discuss ukraine. the uk was one of the countries that requested the meeting its un mission said: meanwhile, the us secretary of state has been speaking in the last hour. russia has attacked so much of what we hold sacred. and everything, everything, the united nations stands for. russia s actions must be
zelensky who has already said he is willing to talk. but the turkish side thinks it could be weeks before there is an agreement. i asked him how mr putin had sounded. was he excitable or may be threatening? no, said the turkish president s adviser. he had been normal and precise. that was john adviser. he had been normal and precise. that wasjohn simpson with what the russians want in return for peace. many issues still to be resolved, as john peace. many issues still to be resolved, asjohn was describing. let us turn back to the fighting to the south of ukraine. let us turn back to the fighting to the south of ukraine. the city of mariupol has become a frontline in this war. the latest russian attack there was on a theatre sheltering civilians. you can see that city is the only location separating advancing russian troops from the south and east. and so for the last fortnight, russia has surrounded it and bombarded it. its people have been forced underground. this was inside the theat
let s go back to new york and remind you that the un security council is meeting. all called for a briefing on ukraine. to be clear, this is not a briefing that will reach a conclusion in the security council. america and russia have a veto, which means we won t get any agreement across the council. this is more chance for country who oppose what russia is doing to detail both russian actions, but also the consequences of those actions. during this briefing, we can expect a great deal of detail about the humanitarian cost of russia s actions. the number of civilians have lost their lives and the impact of health care, on the refugee crisis, forcing many ukrainians to leave their home in their country. we ll continue to listen across this. it s not going to draw to a particular conclusion, but it is designed to take a very high profile platform and use it to