Zelenskiy accuses Russia of genocide and urges world leaders to attend peace summit

Ukrainian president says all leaders who do not tolerate any aggression' would be invited to a peace summit

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has told the UN general assembly that Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine and urged world leaders to attend a peace summit to help stop the invasion and future wars of aggression.

Appearing in the assembly chamber in New York for the first time in person, the Ukrainian president used the opportunity to try to galvanise support for his country's plight among many countries, especially in the global south, many of whom have sought to sit on the fence in the face of the full-scale Russian invasion.