- Ukraine's Zelenskyy showed a graphic video of dead Ukrainians to the UN Security Council.
- The video followed a speech he gave describing the horrors of mass civilian killings in Bucha.
- He railed against the Security Council for its ineffectiveness, and urged it to punish Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday showed a graphic video of dead Ukrainians after demanding the United Nations Security Council punish Russia for its ongoing war.
The video showed a montage of videos and photographs of Ukrainian civilians who have been killed by Russian forces across the country since the February 24 war began.
Some images of the bodies showed signs of torture; some of the corpses had their hands bound behind their backs. Other images showed burnt bodies and mass graves.
The video also included images of dead children.
After the video ended — with a black screen that read "#StopRussianAggression" — there was a long pause before Barbara Woodward, the UK's permanent UN representative, resumed speaking.
Tuesday's Security Council's meeting came after the discovery of hundreds of civilian deaths in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha after Russian forces retreated from the region.
Satellite images revealed partially excavated mass graves, and Ukrainian officials and journalists reported that corpses were seen lying in the streets.
While speaking to the Security Council about the mass killings in Bucha, Zelenskyy described scenes of executions, women being raped and killed in front of children, and graphic depictions of torture.
"Russia wants to turn Ukraine into silent slaves," Zelenskyy said, and has looted everything from food to "earrings covered in blood."
He added that the Bucha massacre is just one example of what Russian forces have done in Ukraine, echoing claims made a day earlier by Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
"There is not a single crime that they would not commit," Zelenskyy said, speaking about Russian forces.
Zelenskyy during his speech also railed against the Security Council's ineffectiveness to stop Russia's ongoing aggression in Ukraine — urging the council to either punish Russia or dissolve itself entirely.
He also used his address as an opportunity to call for a reform of the world's security system.
Russia, as a permanent member of the Security Council, has exercised its veto to block UN action to condemn President Vladimir Putin's attack on Ukraine.
