Russia strikes are crime against humanity, Zelenskiy tells UN, as power cut in Ukraine and Moldova

Ukraine's president labels Russia's strikes on energy sites as crimes against humanity, as G7 discussions to cap Russian oil prices reportedly hit a set-back

Fresh Russian strikes battered Ukraine's already failing electricity grid, causing blackouts across the country and in neighbouring Moldova, in attacks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the UN were an obvious crime against humanity".

Addressing an urgent meeting of the UN security council late on Wednesday, Zelenskiy said Ukraine would put forward a resolution condemning any forms of energy terror". Referring to Russia's likely veto, he said, it's nonsense that the veto right is secured for the party that wages this war."