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Awkward Moments at the UN as Russia, Current President of the Security Council, Is Accused of ‘Shocking’ War Crime

Diplomats are unable to hide their anger after a Russian cruise missile hits a Kyiv hospital for cancer-stricken children.

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Rescue workers clear the rubble at the Kyiv site of the Okhmatdyt children's hospital hit by Russian missiles on Monday. AP/Evgeniy Maloletka
BENNY AVNI
BENNY AVNI

What happens when a guilty party presides over a panel of accusers? That is the situation the Russian ambassador at the United Nations, Vasili Nebenzya, found himself in on Tuesday morning. 

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BENNY AVNI
BENNY AVNI

Benny Avni is a columnist who has published in the New York Post, WSJOpinion, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Israel Radio, Ha’Aretz, and others. Once New York Sun, always New York Sun.

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