Zelenskyy to speak at UN hours after ‘severe’ Russian strikes on Kyiv - live

Second day of UNGA in New York will feature speeches by the presidents of Ukraine and Iran, as well as other European leadersThese latest attacks come just hours before Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s address to the UN general assembly, so he is l…

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