United Nations: Russia rejected claims that the supply of modern western weapons Ukraine What it called “empty fantasies” could lead to victory, insisting on Thursday that the Russian military was destroying Ukraine’s old and new weapons and would “end” the war as president Vladimir Putin swore off.
The United States accused Russia of “having the gall to refuse to let other countries step aside because it seeks to destroy another UN member state.” Biden The administration said it was committed to supporting the Ukrainian people “as they defend their lives, their freedoms and their democracy.”
The conflict took place at the third consecutive meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Ukraine.
On Tuesday, the Council held a meeting at the request to hear about the situation in Russia zapsorizia Nuclear plants in southeastern Ukraine where Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of shelling the facility and threatening possible nuclear devastation.
On Wednesday, at the request of the US and Albania, the council discussed what the US said is the forced deportation of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to Russia.
United Nations Ambassador to Russia, Vasily NebenziaThursday’s meeting was convened to discuss threats to peace by foreign governments that supply arms and military goods to Ukraine.
He told the Council that the results of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky And his “crew” says that Western weapons and the “so-called surprise war” will change the course of the six-month conflict and that Ukraine’s victory is “very disappointing for Ukraine”.
“We are still far from the end of this disastrous process,” Nebenzia said. “However, I must say right away that Western weapons are not playing a decisive role on the battlefield, regardless of what the Ukrainians and their vassals may say.”
“The Russian military is constantly destroying, with minimal risk to its soldiers and civilians, not only the old Soviet-model weapons that Eastern European countries are discharging, but also modern NATO weapons,” he said. Told.
Nebenzia acknowledged that “several small villages were taken” recently, which led Western media to claim a Ukrainian retaliation, but added that most military experts agree that the new weapons will balance the forces. Will not change “and will only add to the suffering of the Zelensky regime.”
UN disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu, who briefed the council, said there have been “extensive and independently verified reports of transfers of major conventional weapons systems to local armed groups in Ukraine, including artillery rocket systems.” She did not specify where they came from, only raising general concerns about the diversion.
Nebenzia claimed that “a significant proportion” of Western weapons find their way into the hands of smugglers, and may end up in the hands of terrorists in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
US Deputy Ambassador Richard Mills Thursday’s meeting was called “a transparent attempt” to divert attention from Wednesday’s meeting on the forced displacement of Ukrainians by Russia. He said the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights said his office had reports of torture “along with Russia’s abhorrent use of filtration camps”.
Mills said Russia’s claims that the US and the West are escalating and prolonging the war in Ukraine “are false.”
“They are cynical attempts to divert attention from Moscow’s role as the sole aggressor in an unnecessary and brutal war for which the world is paying a collective price,” he said.
Mills asked all council members to consider what they would do if they were attacked by a larger neighbor and what they would demand from the international community.
“None of us here will allow our country’s history and identity to be attacked, our cities buried in rubble, our people killed, our territory occupied,” he said. “We will appeal for international support in the face of this kind of naked aggression.”
Ambassador of Ukraine Sergei Kislitsia recalled that former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev wrote in his memoirs that Hitler would not have been defeated without American help and that today Ukraine and America and its other allies are “doing their best to ensure such a response” against Russia “.
“The liberation of the Ukrainian territories which is well on the way in the Kharkiv and Kherson regions is the best evidence of the effectiveness of our efforts,” he said. “We will fight against the occupiers until all Russian soldiers who enter Ukraine to kill these people are defeated.”
The United States accused Russia of “having the gall to refuse to let other countries step aside because it seeks to destroy another UN member state.” Biden The administration said it was committed to supporting the Ukrainian people “as they defend their lives, their freedoms and their democracy.”
The conflict took place at the third consecutive meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Ukraine.
On Tuesday, the Council held a meeting at the request to hear about the situation in Russia zapsorizia Nuclear plants in southeastern Ukraine where Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of shelling the facility and threatening possible nuclear devastation.
On Wednesday, at the request of the US and Albania, the council discussed what the US said is the forced deportation of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to Russia.
United Nations Ambassador to Russia, Vasily NebenziaThursday’s meeting was convened to discuss threats to peace by foreign governments that supply arms and military goods to Ukraine.
He told the Council that the results of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky And his “crew” says that Western weapons and the “so-called surprise war” will change the course of the six-month conflict and that Ukraine’s victory is “very disappointing for Ukraine”.
“We are still far from the end of this disastrous process,” Nebenzia said. “However, I must say right away that Western weapons are not playing a decisive role on the battlefield, regardless of what the Ukrainians and their vassals may say.”
“The Russian military is constantly destroying, with minimal risk to its soldiers and civilians, not only the old Soviet-model weapons that Eastern European countries are discharging, but also modern NATO weapons,” he said. Told.
Nebenzia acknowledged that “several small villages were taken” recently, which led Western media to claim a Ukrainian retaliation, but added that most military experts agree that the new weapons will balance the forces. Will not change “and will only add to the suffering of the Zelensky regime.”
UN disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu, who briefed the council, said there have been “extensive and independently verified reports of transfers of major conventional weapons systems to local armed groups in Ukraine, including artillery rocket systems.” She did not specify where they came from, only raising general concerns about the diversion.
Nebenzia claimed that “a significant proportion” of Western weapons find their way into the hands of smugglers, and may end up in the hands of terrorists in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
US Deputy Ambassador Richard Mills Thursday’s meeting was called “a transparent attempt” to divert attention from Wednesday’s meeting on the forced displacement of Ukrainians by Russia. He said the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights said his office had reports of torture “along with Russia’s abhorrent use of filtration camps”.
Mills said Russia’s claims that the US and the West are escalating and prolonging the war in Ukraine “are false.”
“They are cynical attempts to divert attention from Moscow’s role as the sole aggressor in an unnecessary and brutal war for which the world is paying a collective price,” he said.
Mills asked all council members to consider what they would do if they were attacked by a larger neighbor and what they would demand from the international community.
“None of us here will allow our country’s history and identity to be attacked, our cities buried in rubble, our people killed, our territory occupied,” he said. “We will appeal for international support in the face of this kind of naked aggression.”
Ambassador of Ukraine Sergei Kislitsia recalled that former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev wrote in his memoirs that Hitler would not have been defeated without American help and that today Ukraine and America and its other allies are “doing their best to ensure such a response” against Russia “.
“The liberation of the Ukrainian territories which is well on the way in the Kharkiv and Kherson regions is the best evidence of the effectiveness of our efforts,” he said. “We will fight against the occupiers until all Russian soldiers who enter Ukraine to kill these people are defeated.”