Zelensky for the first time today speaks to UN KS

-Voldymyr Zelensky will speak to the UN Security Council this afternoon for the first time;

Putin's troops are said to be preparing for an attack east of the country, according to Ukraine, as it seeks control of Luhansk and Donetsk;

Russian forces have been charged with genocide and war crimes in the Ukrainian city of Bucha, about 20 miles northwest of Kiev;

- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dimitro Kuleba said the first horrors in Bucha are “just the tip of the iceberg”;

German expelled 40 Russian diplomats while Moscow faces global disgust and charges of war crimes;

- France decided to expel 35 Russian diplomats, according to reports/ P ERISCOPI/