Russian Official Interrupts Zelensky's UN Speech, Promptly Rebuked to Cease Hostilities

The Russian envoy attending a United Nations Security Council meeting objected to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's speech, prompting the Albanian prime minister, who was presiding over the meeting, to tell Russia to "stop the war." The Russian envoy accused the council president of disregarding UN procedures, but the prime minister defended the decision, citing council rules. Ukrainian President Zelensky thanked the prime minister for handling Russia's lies and hypocrisy. Zelensky and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov avoided a direct confrontation at the meeting, with Zelensky leaving before Lavrov arrived.