Anchor: Tuesday marks one-thousand days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Marking the occasion, the United Nations Security Council held a session in which Russia and Ukraine blamed each other for the prolonged war, which has already killed more than 12-thousand civilians. At the meeting, Seoul’s UN ambassador expressed concerns about North Korea’s participation in the conflict and its implications for the security situation on the Korean Peninsula, as well as its global impact. 
Kim Bum-soo has more. 
 
Report: 

[Sound bite: UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo]
“One thousand days have passed since the Russian Federation launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine ...” 

The United Nations Security Council(UNSC) held a session Monday to mark one-thousand days since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 
 
UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo expressed alarm over the widespread death, destruction and despair that Ukraine has endured.

[Sound bite: UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo]
“The recent reported deployment of thousands of troops from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the conflict zone, and their involvement in the fighting, is alarming. This would add fuel to the fire, further escalating and internationalizing this explosive conflict.”

At the UNSC session, Ukraine’s foreign minister accused Russia of posing a direct threat to nuclear safety and security as Russia’s UN ambassador blamed the U.S. for allowing Ukraine to attack Russia with its long-range missiles. 

[Sound bite: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha]
“I departed for this meeting during one of the largest air attacks in months. Russia launched over 200 drones and missiles at peaceful Ukrainian cities. I spent a sleepless night with my family, with my kids, just like thousands of Ukrainian families, while Russia struck critical civilian infrastructure, once again, ordinary residential buildings, energy system transmission substations of our nuclear power plants.”

[Sound bite: Russian Ambassador to UN Vasily Nebenzya (Russian-English)]
“The militarist agony of democratic administration, which has suffered a humiliating defeat in a presidential election and lost the trust of most of its population, is now issuing, according to the mass media, suicidal permissions to Zelenskyy to use long-range weapons to strike inside Russia. Perhaps Joe Biden, for many reasons, has nothing left to lose.”
 
At the meeting, South Korea’s UN ambassador expressed concerns over the far-reaching global impact of the protracted war now that North Korea has entered the fray.

[Sound bite: S. Korean Ambassador to UN Hwang Joon-kook]
“We don’t know exactly what kind of payoff the DPRK is actually receiving from Russia yet. But we are sure that Kim Jong-un will exploit Moscow’s desperate position and obtain whatever Russia is willing to offer, fuel and energy or high-end military technology for its nuclear and ballistic missile programs ...”

As the war rages on, at least 12-thousand-164 civilians have been killed, including over 600 children, since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022.

The actual death toll is likely much higher, according to the UN.
Kim Bum-soo, KBS World Radio News.