At UN Security Council, Ukraine’s president lashes out at Russia but avoids face-to-face encounter

Edith M. Lederer And Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Ukraine’s president accused Russia of waging "a criminal and unprovoked aggression" that undermines all norms of war and the U.N. Charter at a meeting Wednesday of the U.N. Security Council that started with a clash over his speech. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the council that he would not have come if he did not have a proposal to end the 19-month war, starting with adherence to the charter that ensures the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all 193 U.N. member nations. He stressed that restoration of all…