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Dvornyk

lines on the record: 90
first: 2022-05-19
most recent: 2023-12-30
sittings or episodes: 16
sources: un-security-council

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“That decision can be made immediately by a single person in the Kremlin — to cease aggression, to withdraw troops from the territory of Ukraine and to prepare for what usually follows the end of war, namely, accountability and reparations. Once Russia’s bloody war is over, there will be no more human suffering, no more civilian casualties in Europe and no more reason for further Security Council meetings on this issue.”
2023-12-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9524 (2023) · source
“I reiterate: this is a list of the settlements attacked today. There is only one way to stop the human suffering and destruction caused by the war — to stop the war itself — and it is baffling that such a simple idea, natural to any diplomat, eludes the minds of the members of the Russian delegation, who identify themselves as diplomats. The Russian Federation should make the only just decision, as outlined by the General Assembly resolution of 23 February 2023, entitled “Principles of the Charter of the United Nations underlying a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine” (General Assembly resolution ES-11/6).”
2023-12-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9524 (2023) · source
“One more victim of the Russian attack died today in Odesa, and as Ukraine is still recovering from yesterday’s horrendous strike, new waves of Russian terror persist. Just hours ago, as the Assistant Secretary-General mentioned, Russia again terrorized Kharkiv with S-300 missiles, hitting a residential building and a hotel. Since this morning, a number of cities and villages in Ukraine have come under Russian fire: Dnipro, Nikopol and Vyshetarasivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region; Kharkiv, Vovchansk, Kupyansk and Velyka Shapkivka in the Kharkiv region; Mezenivka in the Sumy region; Kurakhove, Avdiivka, Selydove, Progres, Oleksandro- Kalynove and Novoukrainka in the Donetsk region; Semenivka and Arkhypivka in the Chernihiv region; and Antonovka and Tomina Balka in the Kherson region.”
2023-12-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9524 (2023) · source
“I recognize here the representative of Putin’s regime in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union. The Security Council convened yesterday (see S/PV.9523) and is meeting again today, and it should be ready to meet tomorrow, the day after tomorrow and every day that the Russian war against Ukraine lasts. Because as long as this war, unleashed by the Kremlin dictator, endures, the toll of death and suffering will continue to grow. Yesterday the delegation of Ukraine informed the Council of the devastating outcomes of the Russian missile and drone attack that happened that day. Unfortunately, the number of casualties of that attack has increased. Today eight more bodies were retrieved from the rubble of a storage facility hit yesterday by a Russian missile in Kyiv.”
2023-12-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9524 (2023) · source
“We urge the Security Council to concentrate its efforts on turning that vision into a reality. The meeting rose at 4.35 p.m.”
2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source
“And we reject any hypocritical attempt to equate the responsibility of the party that defends itself on its own sovereign territory and the party that violates the Charter and persists in the unprovoked war of aggression. The only root cause of the enormous suffering, the high toll of casualties and the destruction and environmental disaster throughout Ukraine, and far beyond, is Russia’s unprovoked and full-scale invasion. As soon as it is over and Russia’s troops withdraw from the entire territory of Ukraine and as soon as accountability for the most serious crimes under international law is ensured, the path to comprehensive, just and lasting peace, in line with the Charter, will be open. That vision is embedded in both General Assembly resolution ES-11/6, of 23 February 2023, and Ukraine’s peace formula plan.”
2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source
“We therefore reiterate that we will continue to exercise our right to self-defence in strict accordance with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, as long as Russia’s troops remain on the territory of our country and as long as they persist in killing Ukrainians and terrorizing Ukraine with missile and drone strikes. We are grateful to our allies, which continue to support our noble fight, in particular by supplying weapons. Weapons in the hands of soldiers defending their homes and loved ones from the ruthless invasion should never be viewed as a factor of insecurity and deterioration. Is it deterioration that tonight our air defences were able to shoot down all 18 drones and 8 ballistic missiles that Russia launched on the Ukrainian capital?”
2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source
“That is an annual performance where Putin pretends to answer random questions from ordinary citizens. Naturally, the announcement of any military victory would serve the purpose of that propaganda show. And the only chance, in Moscow’s view, for the Russian troops to advance, in addition to throwing new cannon fodder into suicidal attacks across the entire front line, is to ensure Ukraine is running out of weaponry — weaponry that Ukraine requires to defend itself and its citizens. From the first days of the Russian war of aggression, the Ukrainian people have clearly realized what Russia’s presence on Ukrainian territory would mean for them: lost lives, entire cities and villages reduced to rubble, extrajudicial executions, torture, persecution for expressing Ukrainian identity and stolen property. You name it.”
2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source
“Is it the fact that Ukrainians continue to resist and remain committed to restoring the sovereignty and territorial integrity of their State within its internationally recognized borders? Or is it due to the resilience of the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, which continues to stand firm against the relentless Russian attacks and inhumane bombardments that have destroyed both the city and its outskirts? Last week, the online media Important Stories reported on an appeal written by more than 100 relatives of mobilized soldiers from Russian military unit 95411. They claimed that Russian soldiers were intentionally being exterminated in near-suicidal “meat assaults” on Avdiivka, all in an effort to seize the city before 14 December. That is the date that the so-called “Direct Line with Vladimir Putin” is scheduled.”
2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source
“At that meeting, let me recall, my delegation informed the Council about the outrageous facts of the execution by Russian troops of two Ukrainian prisoners of war; the killing of Ukrainian civilians, including entire families, by Russian shelling; and the heavy missile and drone strikes across the entire territory of Ukraine that occurred daily. Indeed, bringing death and destruction to other nations has never been something extraordinary for Russia; on the contrary, this is almost the only thing that Russia has always been eager to do. What extraordinary thing has happened, therefore, that the Russian delegation requested this meeting — and again, on the tiresome issue of weapons?”
2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source
“I thank the Deputy to the High Representative of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs for his briefing. I recognize Putin’s representative in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union. Just five days ago in this very Chamber, that very representative complained about the practice of trying “to keep the Ukrainian issue alive in the Security Council by any means necessary, and to do that they have to get us to meet in this Chamber from time to time” (S/PV.9494, p. 11). Also at that meeting, that delegation said that “nothing extraordinary has happened in Ukraine that requires an open Security Council meeting” (supra.).”
2023-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9501 (2023) · source
“As former Secretary-General Annan once said, “the human family will not enjoy development without security, will not enjoy security without development and will not enjoy either without respect for human rights”. It is evident that countries waging wars of aggression and thereby undermining the development prospects of others cannot serve as sincere contributors to the development pillar on a global level. We reiterate once again that Russia’s aggressive behaviour continues to undermine our ability to focus on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, and that, as soon as a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine, based on the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, is achieved, our efforts to achieve common development will be more efficient.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Moreover, the immediate global effects of the war — increased food and energy insecurity, disruption of supply chains and inflation — have diminished the health and well-being of people around the world, especially for the most vulnerable. The solution to that threat cannot be found in persuading the party defending itself to abandon its resistance and make concessions to the aggressor. That would lead to new wars and, consequently, to new development-related global challenges in only a matter of time. The States Members of the United Nations have regularly reiterated that all three United Nations pillars — peace and security, development and human rights — are equally important, interrelated and interdependent.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source
“According to the Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment undertaken jointly by the Government of Ukraine, the World Bank, the European Commission and the United Nations, the direct damage in Ukraine between February 2022 and February 2023 reached $135 billion. Disruptions to economic flows and production and additional expenses associated with the war amounted to $290 billion. Reconstruction and recovery needs were estimated at about $411 billion. While being attributed to us as national losses, those resources were part of the world economy. They would have made it more resilient and better equipped to tackle global challenges, including those associated with sustainable development.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We were advised to accept the vision that the development of all States — but super-Powers — would be possible only if national Governments forgot about the principle, enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, of the sovereign equality of States and decide on what alliances to join and what trade partners to choose, taking into account the sentiments of big neighbours instead of their own national interests. If we are ready to undermine our commitment to development, we should definitely follow that advice. We can hardly achieve progress on the development track if aggressive plans and actions against the sovereignty and independence of other States are tolerated and not properly responded to, in particular by the Security Council. The Russian aggression against my country serves as a powerful example in that regard.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We gave up that status only 10 months later, in December 2014, in response to the Russian aggression and illegal occupation of sovereign Ukrainian territories in Crimea and Donbas. Moreover, following the Russian full- scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, two more countries, Sweden and Finland, were compelled to reconsider their neutral status — another of Putin’s achievements. Even more dangerous was that briefer’s attempt to camouflage neocolonialism and neo-imperialism using the development pillar.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Today we have a chance to discuss important issues of a strategic nature. My delegation regrets that the beginning of the discussion was marred by manipulation and distortions by one of the briefers, who, while addressing the war against Ukraine, contrived not to mention the country responsible for waging that war. That omission in and of itself speaks volumes. Instead of referring to the root cause of the war — Russia’s imperial sentiments, plain and simple — he tossed out a bunch of fake reasons to justify the aggressor and blame the victim. The very first argument — about the alleged NATO expansion in Ukraine — is an outright lie. When the attempted annexation of Crimea began in February 2014, Ukraine did not seek NATO membership. It had a non-bloc status enshrined in Ukrainian legislation.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The statement by the co-Chairs of the meeting states: “Achieving such a peace for Ukraine would be a significant contribution to strengthening international peace and security. Peace must be based on the principles of the United Nations Charter, respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and international law.” We reiterate our invitation to all peace-loving nations to translate that noble vision into reality. The meeting rose at 4.10 p.m.”
2023-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9470 (2023) · source
“We just received a disturbing report today that a Russian missile hit a civilian vessel under the Liberian flag entering a Ukrainian port in the Odesa region. One person was reportedly killed, and another four were wounded. We strongly condemn this act of terror and reiterate that accountability for the crimes of aggression, war crimes and crimes against humanity is inevitable. We reiterate that a comprehensive, just and lasting peace can and should be achieved, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. That is the logic of General Assembly resolution ES-11/6, of 23 February, and of Ukraine’s peace formula plan. In that regard, we welcome the fact that 66 countries and international organizations took part in the meeting regarding key principles of peace for Ukraine, held in Malta on 28 October.”
2023-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9470 (2023) · source
“Another of the Russian military facilities targeted in recent days was the Askold cruise missile carrier, which underwent final testing work in the Zaliv shipyard in the occupied Ukrainian city of Kerch. That warship, designed to carry eight Kalibr missiles, had been nearly ready to be commissioned and to take part in missile terror against Ukraine, in particular against its energy infrastructure. According to our intelligence, over the past month Russian terrorists have accumulated more than 800 missiles to be used against our critical infrastructure as soon as the frosts come. Depriving terrorists of the means to attack is a noble goal, and we reiterate our gratitude to all nations that support Ukraine in defending itself and its people. Furthermore, it is not only Ukraine that is suffering.”
2023-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9470 (2023) · source
“That is what happened in the occupied Ukrainian city of Donetsk, where the so-called “Vladimir Zhoga Republican Centre for Unmanned Systems” was destroyed by a high-precision strike. The centre was a military training facility used by the occupation forces to train the operators of combat uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) and assemble kamikaze drones. Ample footage and numerous pictures clearly attest to the fact that the strike hit a building precisely at 49 Chelyuskintsev Street in Donetsk, where the centre was located. The Russian media itself, including the State-run TASS agency, had revealed earlier this year that the very same building was an UAV training centre and reported on the military training and assembly activities there.”
2023-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9470 (2023) · source
“In a nutshell, Russia must stop violating the Charter of the United Nations and the General Assembly resolutions adopted in response to the aggression and — at last — to start behaving as any State Member of the United Nations is obliged to behave, according to Article 4 of the Charter of the United Nations — as a peace-loving State. As long as Russian troops remain on the territory of my country and as long as they persist in killing Ukrainians, we will continue to exercise our right to self-defence, in strict accordance with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations. All Russian troops and the sites of their deployment, military, service and training facilities and logistical objects are legitimate military targets subject to elimination, in full accordance with the Geneva Conventions.”
2023-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9470 (2023) · source
“We reiterate that the only root cause of the enormous suffering, high toll of casualties, destruction and environmental disaster throughout Ukraine, and far beyond, is the unprovoked and full-scale Russian aggression, an aggression inconceivable in the region after the Second World War. Moreover, instead of the floods of crocodile tears that Putin’s representatives have shed in this Chamber, their country could take a very simple step that will immediately stop the atrocities, namely, to withdraw its troops from another sovereign country, to give up plans to invade that country and to stop attempts to deprive that country of its independence.”
2023-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9470 (2023) · source
“I recognize here Putin’s envoy in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union. I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his comprehensive update on the devastating impact of the Russian aggression on Ukraine and the Ukrainian population. We again draw the Security Council’s attention to the aggressor State’s unacceptable practice of misusing its presence in a United Nations organ — a presence that is itself already dubious from both a legal and a moral standpoint — to evade responsibility for the war of aggression and to blame the victim of aggression.”
2023-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9470 (2023) · source
“We reiterate that Ukraine’s peace formula already exists and that the essential elements of the comprehensive, just and lasting peace it promotes are consistent with the Charter, including the principles of sovereign equality and territorial integrity of States, within their internationally recognized borders. That also fully follows the logic of General Assembly resolution ES/11-6, of 23 February 2023. That means that the only correct solution for the Russian soldiers in Ukraine would be either to surrender, as many have already done, or to withdraw from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, without further delay. Meanwhile, as long as they are in Ukraine, they will remain legitimate military targets and will be treated accordingly. The meeting rose at 4.30 p.m.”
2023-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9457 (2023) · source
“We will continue to fight until every Ukrainian citizen and every parcel of our stolen land are liberated and Russia suffers military defeat in Ukraine. To that end, the Ukrainian armed forces will continue direct strikes at all legitimate military targets. We will destroy airports with assault helicopters, as was the case on 17 October in occupied Berdiansk and Luhansk, and we will further eliminate Russian hardware and soldiers, currently being sent by Moscow generals as cannon fodder in suicidal attacks on the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka. But we will definitely not hit funeral receptions, postal depots, shopping malls or residential areas in the vicinity of nuclear power plants, as Russian terrorists have done.”
2023-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9457 (2023) · source
“If the Russian Federation wants to use the Court’s rulings to support its position, it must start by finally implementing the decision concerning Russia itself, in particular the Court’s order of 16 March 2022. Otherwise, this entire performance is just manipulation, hypocrisy and cynicism — a very pathetic performance, given the fact that, while trying to blame the victim of armed aggression for receiving the means to defend itself, Russia has received Iranian drones for more than a year and is now ready to kneel down before the North Korean regime to beg for additional weapons and ammunition to continue its war of aggression against Ukraine. Ukraine will continue to exercise its right to self- defence in strict accordance with Article 51 of the Charter.”
2023-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9457 (2023) · source
“What is the value of this discussion — to record once again the cognitive dissonance in Russia’s statements? Since February 2022, the Russian delegation has consistently justified the invasion by referring to the right to self-defence and stating that the decision to start the so-called special military operation in Ukraine was taken in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations. And two days ago, that very delegation, in this very Chamber (see S/PV.9453), with a straight face, referred to the ruling of the International Court of Justice ruling to prove that the right to self-defence is inapplicable in the case of an occupying Power, which is exactly what Russia is with respect to Ukraine.”
2023-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9457 (2023) · source
“I recognize the Russian representative in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union. I would like to thank Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs for his briefing. With regard to his neighbour, I can only recommend this guest to be wary of those who have brought him today to this Chamber, as it is a long-standing Russian practice to get rid of those agents whom they use to their full extent and do not need any longer. We reiterate our condemnation of Russia’s misuse of the Security Council toolbox to divert its attention from the war crimes and crimes against humanity that Russia has committed and continues to commit in Ukraine. It is utterly unacceptable to hastily request Council meetings with the sole purpose of undermining other events scheduled and prepared by other members well in advance.”
2023-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9457 (2023) · source
“We consider that addressing the problem that I just mentioned concerning the illegal occupation by the aggressor of the permanent seat of the Council, along with Russia’s unwillingness to act like a peace-loving State in accordance with Article 4 of the United Nations Charter, should be part of the answer.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448 (2023) · source
“Current security developments in our region, especially Russia’s ongoing war against my country, have highlighted the important role and contribution of the ad hoc frameworks and networks established to support the victims of aggression in defending themselves against invasion. At the same time, those developments have once again brought our attention to the problem of the aggressor’s presence in the permanent seat of the Security Council, which is to say the least legally dubious. That presence has affected the genuine response of the Council and a similar situation has been observed at the regional level in the framework of the OSCE, whose decision-making is based on consensus. The presidency has identified the issue of the reform of collective security mechanisms as one of the guiding questions for today’s open debate.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448 (2023) · source
“In the case of my own country, the OSCE was quite active on the ground from the beginning of the Russian aggression in 2014 until the invasion last February. At the same time, there are other organizations such as the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the de facto Russia-led military bloc, which has become a clear example of the destructive policy tools that Russia employs in the region. It is our common task to uphold United Nations credibility and resist attempts to bring organizations such as CSTO onto the United Nations platform, under the guise of Chapter VIII. We support the idea of the Brazilian presidency to broaden the scope of discussion by addressing the role of bilateral arrangements in peaceful conflict resolution.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448 (2023) · source
“We therefore support the fact that the New Agenda for Peace places particular focus on robust regional frameworks and organizations as critical building blocks for the networked multilateralism that is needed, especially in regions in which the long-standing security architecture is collapsing. One can hardly doubt the need to further enhance partnerships between the United Nations and those regional organizations that strive for peace, security and development in their respective regions. There are many examples of such valuable and results-oriented United Nations partnerships with the European Union, the African Union, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the League of Arab States and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), to name just a few.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448 (2023) · source
“Ukraine highly appreciates the initiative of the Brazilian presidency to hold today’s important debate and would like to thank the briefers for their briefings. Ukraine has always been a staunch proponent of strengthening cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations, in accordance with Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations. They have been an important tool for the effective settlement of conflicts and the promotion of peace and security, humanitarian assistance, development and human rights across the globe.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448 (2023) · source
“All nations fighting against terrorists, murderers and rapists should enjoy the support of the international community, including by actually providing them with weaponry rather than simply declare that they have a right to self-defence. I would therefore like to conclude my statement by reiterating our gratitude to all our friends for the solidarity that brings us closer to the end of the horror that Ukraine and Ukrainians have lived through — 597 days of a full-fledged war of aggression — and to ensuring comprehensive, just and lasting peace for Ukraine and security for the whole world. The meeting rose at 11.40 a.m.”
2023-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9436 (2023) · source
“For instance, strengthening our naval capacities has not only deterred the Russian Black Sea Fleet from approaching the Ukrainian shore, but has also enabled the unblocking of the grain exports by establishing temporary corridors for civilian vessels from and to Ukrainian ports. Putin speaks of his dreams about a Ukraine that has one week left to live if weapon supplies were terminated. On Monday my delegation quoted him saying that (see S/PV.9431). The truth is that he realizes that Ukraine is no longer his dream; it is his nightmare. He fears his imminent defeat in Ukraine, and that fear prompts him to instruct his army to be senselessly cruel and cling to the stolen lands at any cost.”
2023-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9436 (2023) · source
“Such mass murders completely fit Russia’s genocidal logic and plans to bring to Ukraine as much destruction and pain as possible. Even schools are considered by Russia as legitimate targets. Just this week two tragic incidents happened. On 10 October Russian terrorists shelled a school in Krasnopillya, Sumy region, killing a 13-year-old girl. On the next day, Russian missiles destroyed a college in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region. As a result, four people were killed. By targeting schools and killing children, Russia tries to deprive us of our future — a future that we build together in the interest of all humankind, a future that is prosperous, safe, based on multilateralism and free from wars, poverty and hunger. Ukraine stands in defence of that vision of the future, and every success on the ground brings that vision closer to reality.”
2023-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9436 (2023) · source
“Despite how abhorrent and morally repugnant that attempt at a justification may sound to normal people, Putin’s envoy was honest in his claims. Indeed, all those who identify themselves as Ukrainians are nationalists in the Kremlin’s eyes and, as such, are subject to extermination. We have sufficient grounds to say that the gathering in Hroza was purposely targeted. That is evidenced by not only the indirect admission of Putin’s envoy at the previous meeting, but also by findings of the Security Service of Ukraine that two brothers with the last name Momon, once residents of Hroza and collaborators who fled to Russia, may be responsible for collecting information about the funeral reception and passing it along to the Russian military.”
2023-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9436 (2023) · source
“We reiterate our gratitude to all nations that have helped Ukraine to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity, in full conformity with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, and to save our people from extermination. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, its brutal actions on the ground and statements by Putin and his accomplices prove those genocidal aspirations quite clearly, and we are appalled that Russia is using this Chamber as a platform to whitewash them. For instance, Putin’s envoy did so on Monday, when he labelled all victims of the mass murder in the village of Hroza, whose number amounted to 59, as top-ranked nationalists (see S/PV.9431). They were retirees, medical workers, farmers, teachers and entrepreneurs — most of them women — and included even an 8-year-old child.”
2023-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9436 (2023) · source
“It is regrettable and worthy of condemnation that the Russian delegation continues its puerile practice of retaliation against the Security Council’s consideration of the agenda item on the maintenance of international peace and security of Ukraine by duplicating meetings. It is a clear misuse of the Security Council toolbox. At the same time, those pathetic attempts attest to the catastrophic consequences that Ukraine’s resistance, underpinned by global solidarity, is having on Putin’s imperial plans and sentiments. That solidarity is critical for my country. At the same time, it is solidarity in defence of the Charter of the United Nations, whose principles are now being crash-tested in Ukraine.”
2023-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9436 (2023) · source
“I recognize the presence of Putin’s envoy in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union. On Monday, we drew the Council’s attention to the fact that he might add another hoax to the list of those related to weapons supplies, this time concerning alleged transfers to the Middle East — and we were not mistaken. With its statement, Russia hit a new low. Actually, what can we expect from terrorists and liars who have already fed the Council fairy tales about biolabs, dirty bombs and war mosquitoes? As always, there is an absence of any credible evidence that has been hidden behind plenty of pieces of information randomly taken from the Internet or produced by Russian propaganda.”
2023-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9436 (2023) · source
“The truth is that, starting with the attempted annexation of Crimea, the Russian Federation has cosplayed Nazi criminals, employing their practices of protecting compatriots, making territorial claims based on fake history and bombing Kyiv at the same early hour. The Third Reich never made a resurgence because it was militarily defeated and its political, economic, and military leadership was brought to justice. A similar fate is expected for Putin’s regime. The sooner this comes to pass the better, not only for Ukraine, but for all of us, as well as for the integrity of this body, which increasingly erodes with each passing day that Putin’s Russia sits in it. The meeting rose at 4.40 p.m.”
2023-08-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9399 (2023) · source
“Despite the fierce Russian attacks against my country, which continue unabated, Ukraine is extremely active on the peace track, seeking a just, comprehensive and lasting peace based on the principles of the United Nations Charter, as outlined in General Assembly resolution ES-11/6, adopted on 23 February 2023, and the peace formula plan proposed by President Zelenskyy. The recent meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has contributed to translating this vision into reality, and we will build on the dialogue that the representatives of more than 40 countries engaged in there. In his statement, the representative of Ecuador mentioned the victory over Nazism, which was the shared achievement of the Allied forces.”
2023-08-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9399 (2023) · source
“That was Russia’s seventh massive attack in a month, since its attempt to undermine the Black Sea Grain Initiative. The port of Reni, the port of Izmail, the port of Pivdennyi, the port of Odesa, the port of Chernomorsk, Mykolayiv — every Russian attack on them is a blow to global food prices and a blow to social and political stability in different parts of the world. As follows from the examination of the remnants of the Kh-101 fired at Ukrainian cities on 15 August, Russia is able to produce them because there are still ways to circumvent the sanctions. These loopholes should be closed, and the sanctions strengthened, so that Russia cannot obtain from abroad critical components for missile production.”
2023-08-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9399 (2023) · source
“That approach stands in stark contrast to the terrorist methods of warfare employed by the Russian forces, which raze to the ground the towns within their reach and use their missiles and drones to kill civilian populations and destroy critical infrastructure throughout the country. Among the most recent tragic examples is the killing of an entire family — a husband, a wife, a 12-year-old boy and a 23-day-old girl in the village of Shyroka Balka in the liberated part of the Kherson region on 13 August. Two days earlier, on the opposite side of the country, in the western region of Ivano-Frankivsk, a Russian missile killed an eight- year-old boy. Yesterday Russia again struck grain export infrastructure in the Odesa region, damaging grain warehouses and foodstuffs at the river port of Reni on the Danube.”
2023-08-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9399 (2023) · source
“It was Russia’s choice to attack, and it is our response to defend ourselves, in strict accordance with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations. We will persevere in our fight until every Ukrainian citizen and every parcel of our sovereign land is liberated and Russia faces a military defeat in Ukraine. All weapons, whether produced by Ukraine or received from our allies, serve this goal: to survive and to stop the dictatorship infected with insane imperial sentiments. To that end, Ukraine will continue targeting all legitimate military objectives, including enemy troops, storage facilities, military hardware and logistical routes used to resupply the Russian occupying forces.”
2023-08-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9399 (2023) · source
“Ukraine has faced a cruel and unprovoked attack that targets not only our statehood, but also the very existence of the Ukrainian nation. Just tune into Russian television or watch Russian movies, browse Russian social media or open new Russian schoolbooks, and everywhere you will find narratives portraying the Ukrainian people as inferior and suggesting that Ukrainians do not have the right to their own State. The occupied territories bear the heaviest burden of those neocolonial practices, suffering from enforced assimilation and repressive measures for manifesting Ukrainian identity, in addition to changes to the population’s demographic composition, wrought by deporting local Ukrainian residents and bringing in migrants from Russia instead. For my nation, this is an existential battle for survival.”
2023-08-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9399 (2023) · source
“This time, Russian intelligence chief Naryshkin shared with the audience of the so-called Moscow security conference the most recent revelations about the so-called “biomechanoids” that the West is going to replace human beings with. I wonder why Putin’s envoy has not brought this interesting fairy tale to the Council’s attention — perhaps he felt too shy or decided to request a special Security Council meeting on the matter. The latter would not be surprising, as it would be in line with Russia’s deliberate practice of undermining the Council’s credibility. It seems that Russia’s greatest outrage — which is also the reason for this meeting – is caused by the fact that Ukraine and Ukrainians have not accepted the role of helpless victim. On the contrary, they have opted for resistance and are fighting for their lives and dignity.”
2023-08-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9399 (2023) · source
“I recognize the representative of Putin’s regime in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union. It is a matter of concern that that seat is still being misused to turn the Council into a platform for disseminating propaganda and justifying the war of aggression. Akin to an experienced criminal before a jury, Putin’s envoy attempts to shift responsibility by blaming the victim for provocations, inappropriate behaviour — you name it. We have heard so many falsehoods meant to whitewash the Russian aggression — secret biolabs, dirty bombs, war mosquitoes — that one could hardly expect something more bizarre and insane. However, every time we think Russia can no longer surprise us, it hits a new low.”
2023-08-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9399 (2023) · source
“In that regard, Ukraine calls upon all Member States to engage actively in the process of ensuring justice for all victims of Russia’s aggression and to hold perpetrators accountable.”
2023-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9280 (2023) · source