Independent by Arpan Rai, Joe Middleton, Zoe Tidman, Andy Gregory 6/6/2022
‘Maybe it’s easier not to listen to the truth,’ says European Council president Charles Michel Russia’s ambassador has stormed out of a UN Security Council meeting in which Moscow was accused of weaponising a global food crisis and committing war crimes in Ukraine.
A visibly angered Vassily Nebenzia left the chamber during a statement by the European Council president to the 15-member body, telling reporters that he “couldn’t stay” because of “the lies that Charles Michel came here to distribute”.
Speaking directly to Mr Nebenzia as he walked out of a meeting on reports of sexual violence in Ukraine, Mr Michel said: “You may leave the room, maybe it’s easier not to listen to the truth.”
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