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Kyslytsya

lines on the record: 887
first: 2010-10-26
most recent: 2023-12-29
sittings or episodes: 80
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“All Ukrainian seaports remain blocked by Russia, thereby further aggravating the situation with supply shortages. Some of them have been occupied. De-occupation and lifting the blockade could quickly improve the situation, as Ukraine exports 60 per cent of its agricultural products through its seaports. Under these extraordinary circumstances, the Government of Ukraine is taking comprehensive measures to respond to food security challenges. The sowing season is due to start on 70 per cent of our agricultural land. The Government has also launched an interest-free loan programme for farmers to strengthen their capabilities against the backdrop of the war. Steps to reorient the supply chains by switching to safe routes are being taken as well. We are ready to discuss food security issues in detail with all interested actors.”
2022-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9008 (2022) · source
“It must be clear that vulnerable countries will remain at risk as long as Russia continues its war in Ukraine, which includes shelling the agricultural infrastructure, contaminating Ukrainian soil and deliberately targeting fuel storage facilities, thereby disrupting the sowing and harvesting season. For instance, this weekend Russian missiles hit fuel storage sites in Lviv, Dubno, Lutsk and Rivne, all in the west of the country, far away from the front line. Just today, Russian troops shelled and launched missiles at a farm enterprise in Dnipro, also far away from the combat area, destroying vehicles and equipment. Perhaps the representative of the aggressor State could explain the reason for that attack — “demilitarization” or “de-Nazification”?”
2022-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9008 (2022) · source
“What we in Ukraine are also alarmed about is that 40 million Ukrainians may face food shortages as soon as this year. That has prompted the Government of Ukraine to work intensively on both tracks in order to secure the country’s export potential to the largest extent possible and to ensure that Ukrainians, who bear the primary burden of Russia’s aggression, will not suffer from hunger. International solidarity with Ukraine and understanding that the only root cause of the current food crisis is Russia’s war against Ukraine will be crucial to succeed in averting the worst-case scenario at the global level. It is therefore extremely important not to spam our discussion with references to issues that are not root causes, but rather focus on the implications of Russia’s ongoing violations.”
2022-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9008 (2022) · source
“I also reiterate my call to join the Group of Friends of Accountability following the Aggression against Ukraine, which was launched on Friday and already includes almost 50 Member States. The third element of the nexus — food security — is also under threat at the global level. We are aware that the entire world is deeply concerned about the disruption of food supplies from Ukraine, as one of the major food exporters. Before the war, more than 55 per cent of all sunflower oil in the world was exported from Ukraine. More than 55 per cent of Ukrainian wheat was exported to Asia and 40 per cent to African States. About 400 million people throughout the world, mostly in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia, depend upon grain supplies from Ukraine.”
2022-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9008 (2022) · source
“At the same time, Russian armed forces are resorting to firing at evacuation convoys trying to leave Mariupol for the non-occupied territory of Ukraine. According to UNICEF, a month of war in Ukraine has led to the displacement of 4.3 million children — more than half of the country’s estimated 7.5 million children — including more than 1.8 million children who left the country as refugees. At least 143 children have been killed by Russian invaders, with 216 injured. Humanitarian action is urgently needed. At the same time, we should bear in mind that the humanitarian disaster in Ukraine is an element of the Russian war strategy. To be efficient, any initiative should focus on changing the overall Russian approach towards Ukraine, instead of on idle attempts to engage the aggressor as a partner on the humanitarian track.”
2022-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9008 (2022) · source
“That includes ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and supersonic missiles. That number has already made the Russian actions the heaviest missile shelling ever in such a short period of time. Mariupol remains a bleeding wound in the heart of Europe. According to local authorities, at least 5,000 people have been killed. Almost 150,000 residents remain under siege, deprived of all basic conditions to live. They need to be evacuated, but not to the territory of the aggressor. Russian attempts to do so are not only cynical hypocrisy but also a gross violation of the laws and customs of war and the norms of international humanitarian law, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Protocol Additional I thereto. As of now, about 40,000 Ukrainians have been forcibly deported to Russia and Belarus.”
2022-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9008 (2022) · source
“That plan envisages provoking humanitarian disaster throughout Ukraine and destroying the agricultural potential of my country in order to intimidate the Ukrainian political leadership and people and incline them to surrender. The toolbox is broad and extremely cruel. It includes the deliberate destruction of residential areas and critical infrastructure; missile shelling throughout the country; the siege of cities; the violation of arrangements for humanitarian corridors; and acts of terror against civilians in the occupied areas, including abductions and killings. As of now, the invaders have abducted about 30 local leaders, activists and journalists. It is hard to imagine that Russia has fired 467 missiles at solely residential areas, with the overall number of missiles fired being more than 1,200.”
2022-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9008 (2022) · source
“We demand that Russia immediately and unconditionally implement all provisions of General Assembly resolution ES-11/2, entitled “Humanitarian consequences of the aggression against Ukraine”, in order to alleviate the humanitarian suffering on the ground. I regret to say that, as of now, Russia demonstrates no willingness to give up its strategy of deliberate aggravation of the humanitarian situation on the ground. There is a clear nexus between concrete security, the humanitarian situation and food security with regard to the Russian war against Ukraine. After the failure of its initial plan for a blitzkrieg, Russian troops have proceeded to plan B.”
2022-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9008 (2022) · source
“The signing of the treaty on security guarantees for Ukraine will be possible only after the withdrawal of all Russian armed units to locations as of 23 February 2022. The negotiation process, which is under way, by no means removes the need to provide to Ukraine additional assistance with weapons and to implement the new sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation for the act of aggression committed. Last week, the overwhelming majority of the United Nations membership expressed once again its resolute stance against Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine. The strong humanitarian statements addressed to Russia left no room for misinterpretation. The attempts by the aggressor to shift responsibility to the victim left no room for misinterpretation either.”
2022-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9008 (2022) · source
“That is an unprecedented blow to Moscow. The numbers of Soviet losses in Afghanistan pale in comparison. However, after listening to Russia’s Ambassador, I regret to say that the process of “deputinization” is lagging behind so far. Today’s negotiations in Istanbul have demonstrated that Russia may be ready to take steps forward, although it is still a long way to a sustainable ceasefire and comprehensive de-escalation. The parties will continue consultations to prepare and agree on the provisions of a treaty on security guarantees for Ukraine, a ceasefire implementation mechanism, the withdrawal of forces and other armed formations and the opening and safe functioning of humanitarian corridors on a permanent basis, as well as on the exchange of fallen soldiers and the release of prisoners of war and civilians.”
2022-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9008 (2022) · source
“I recognize the members of the Security Council, Assistant Secretary-General Msuya and Executive Director Beasley. I also recognize the representative of the aggressor State present in the Chamber in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union, who is not in fact authorized to speak on behalf of the Ukrainian people, as he just did. At the outset, I would like to inform the Security Council that the demilitarization of Russia, conducted by the Ukrainian army and supported by the entire Ukrainian people, is well under way. Since the beginning of the invasion, the Russian occupiers have lost more than 17,000 military personnel, more than 1,700 armoured vehicles, almost 600 tanks, more than 300 artillery systems, 127 aeroplanes and 129 helicopters, almost 100 rocket launch systems, 54 air defence systems and seven ships.”
2022-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9008 (2022) · source
“If they do, we may consider how to sponsor a decision to help him deal with perpetration-inducted traumatic stress. But now, have some decency and stop the egregious manipulation of the Security Council. It is obscene. It would be too dignifying for the Russian delegation if I ended right here, like this. Instead, I would like to quote a tweet by Dario Franceschini, a member of the Italian Government. Today he tweeted: “Italy is ready to rebuild the Theatre of Mariupol. The Cabinet of Ministers has approved my proposal to offer Ukraine the resources and means to rebuild it as soon as possible. Theatres of all countries belong to the whole humanity.””
2022-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8998 (2022) · source
“Compared to the better known and understood PTSD, there appears to be greater severity and different symptom patterns for those affected by PITS. The case of the military aggression of Russia against Ukraine and the mass atrocities perpetrated by the Russian army, ordered by Putin and defended by Russian diplomats, will be examined by scholars and scientists, including in the areas of sociology, history, philosophy, psychiatry and theology. Today, however, I would like to quote from Into the Abyss, a documentary about executioners who carry out the death penalty. One guard began crying and shaking uncontrollably when “the eyes of all the inmates he had executed began flashing before him”. Do the eyes of Ukrainian children, women and the elderly killed by the Russians flash before the Russian Ambassador?”
2022-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8998 (2022) · source
“I encourage the Security Council members to exercise their duty, envisaged by Article 94, paragraph 2, of the United Nations Charter, to make recommendations or decide upon measures to be taken in the case of Russia’s failure to comply with the obligations incumbent upon it under the judgment rendered by the Court. Perpetration-induced traumatic stress (PITS) is a form of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Its symptoms are caused by being an active participant in causing trauma. Sufferers of PITS may be found in many roles, such as among soldiers and executioners, where they are expected to cause trauma, including death, but among diplomats, especially here at the United Nations and especially here in the Security Council?”
2022-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8998 (2022) · source
“Russian Federation). The Court ordered that the Russian Federation shall immediately suspend the military operations that it commenced on 24 February 2022 in the territory of Ukraine. Despite the order being binding on Russia under the Charter of the United Nations, today the Kremlin openly and blatantly disregarded it, stating that it “cannot take this order into account” because there is no “agreement between the sides”. Should that be surprising to us? I do not think so, as from the very first instance of Russia’s presence in the United Nations it was in contempt of the United Nations Charter. That was the case when Russia was allowed to occupy the Soviet seat at the United Nations and the Security Council. That was the case in Georgia and in Syria, as well as in Ukraine’s Crimea and Donbas in 2014.”
2022-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8998 (2022) · source
“At the same time, there is no doubt that action on the humanitarian front in the United Nations is urgently required, and I encourage all responsible nations to support the relevant efforts in the General Assembly. I also encourage all to join the group of friends of accountability following the aggression against Ukraine, co-founded by Albania, Colombia, Denmark, the Marshall Islands, the Netherlands and Ukraine. That group will act as a forum among States Members of the United Nations for the discussion and promotion of accountability measures in Ukraine following the Russian military aggression. Yesterday the International Court of Justice delivered its order on provisional measures in the case concerning Allegations of genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v.”
2022-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8998 (2022) · source
“Russians break into houses, throw people out into the streets and take their food. Eyewitness reports of torture, abductions of local officials and even extrajudicial killings come from across the occupied territories. Forcing Ukrainians to flee their homes as refugees has also been a part of that Barbarossa-style plan. Almost 3.2 million refugees have left Ukraine so far. Against the backdrop of the increasingly aggravated humanitarian situation, Russia has dared to submit the humanitarian draft resolution S/2022/231. An appeal by a serial killer to United Nations Members to co-sponsor that most egregious hypocrisy is outrageous. They may like to think twice before they dive into the blood of children and adults executed by the Russian military in Ukraine. Let me quote Saint Patrick in that regard: “Never trust a dog to watch your food”.”
2022-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8998 (2022) · source
“Russian troops seized one of the hospitals, gathered 400 civilians there and use the building as a military position, hiding behind civilians as a human shield. “The suffering in Mariupol must not become the future of Ukraine.” That was said by Peter Mauer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, who is currently in Ukraine. Putin’s plan is to violate the agreements on a ceasefire and safe passage for the civilian population from the temporarily occupied territories. Yesterday Russian troops shelled a convoy of civilian vehicles headed from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhya. Five people were killed, and many were injured, including children. The plan, previously approved, is to terrorize local residents who remain in the territories seized by Russian troops. Small villages, where the Russian soldiers stay, suffer the most.”
2022-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8998 (2022) · source
“The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has recorded 726 confirmed cases of the killing of civilians, while believing that the real figures are considerably higher. Indeed, they are. Just yesterday, in the city of Chernihiv, 53 civilian residents were killed by Russian bombs and shells. On the same day in Merefa, Kharkiv region, 21 people were killed following Russian shelling that destroyed the local school and residential buildings. The plan is also to raze Ukrainian cities to the ground: Kharkiv, Sumy, Volnovakha, Okhtyrka, Izyum and Mariupol — pain for Ukraine and the entire world and an eternal shame for Russia. There are almost 2,400 confirmed victims among the civilian population. Ninety per cent of the city’s infrastructure has been destroyed.”
2022-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8998 (2022) · source
“Yesterday we got the answer: killing Ukrainian children — 108 innocent souls so far. “Success ... in strict accordance with plans ... previously approved”, according to Putin. Children are a deliberate target, given yesterday’s bombardment of the Mariupol Drama Theatre — a shelter for hundreds of local residents, mostly women and children. Despite the big signs “children” painted on the road on both sides of the building being clearly visible, Russian pilots dropped an aerial bomb. The building was completely damaged but the shelter fortunately withstood. It did not turn into one more mass grave, as Putin’s plan, previously approved, probably envisaged. Of course, Putin’s plan does not limit murders only to children. All civilian Ukrainians and foreign citizens are under threat.”
2022-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8998 (2022) · source
“I recognize Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo, Director-General Ghebreyesus and Assistant High Commissioner for Operations Mazou. I also recognize the representative of the aggressor State present here in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union. Let me begin with a quote: “The operation is developing successfully and in strict accordance with plans that have been previously approved.” Putin said that yesterday, three weeks after the unprovoked and unjustified Russian invasion of Ukraine had started. Over these weeks, the international community has wrestled with the question why. Why has the Russian Federation decided to cosplay the Nazi Third Reich by attacking a peaceful neighbouring State and plunging the region into war? What are the reasons and what is the plan?”
2022-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8998 (2022) · source
“Yet we deem that the OSCE should currently play a special role in getting ready to support post-Putin Russia on its future path back to the family of democratic nations towards new leadership, with new ambassadors and representatives. It will not be an easy task, but we will not be able to break the vicious cycle of violence without restoring Russia’s respect for the fundamental principles enshrined in the Helsinki Final Act. I therefore call on the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and autonomous institutions to start considering the modalities of work with post-Putin Russia, as there will be no automatic return to normalcy, either here in New York or within the OSCE. The meeting rose at 12.40 p.m.”
2022-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8992 (2022) · source
“Now their breadbasket is being bombed.” What is happening now is not only about Ukraine’s survival. Unlike Putin and his henchmen, Ukraine will survive the Russian invasion. It is about the survival of both the United Nations and the OSCE and it is about the de-Putinization of Russia and its gradual return to the tenets of international law in the post-Putin era. The Putin regime is nearing its end. At the same time, it has inflicted such heavy damage on Russian society that it will take decades to return Russia to at least the level of democracy that it had achieved in the 1990s. In fact, Moscow required 15 years to carve out a distance between the formal signing of the Helsinki Final Act and the conscious choice to be a part of building a new Europe, as envisaged in the 1990 Charter of Paris for a New Europe. Ultimately, Moscow failed.”
2022-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8992 (2022) · source
“With each passing hour, two things are increasingly clear — first, it keeps getting worse; secondly, whatever the outcome, this war will have no winners, only losers.” The Secretary-General also wisely said: “Yet there is another dimension of this conflict that gets obscured. This war goes far beyond Ukraine. It is also an assault on the world’s most vulnerable people and countries. While war rains over Ukraine, a sword of Damocles hangs over the global economy — especially in the developing world. Even before the conflict, developing countries were struggling to recover from the pandemic, with record inflation, rising interest rates and looming debt burdens. Their ability to respond has been erased by exponential increases in the cost of financing.”
2022-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8992 (2022) · source
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her very principled position and for being a very strong member of the Secretary-General’s team. I quote from the Secretary-General’s statement today, made less than an hour ago: “Ukraine is on fire. The country is being decimated before the eyes of the world. The impact on civilians is reaching terrifying proportions. Countless innocent people, including women and children, have been killed. After being hit by Russian forces, roads, airports and schools lie in ruins. According to the World Health Organization, 24 health facilities have suffered attacks. Hundreds of thousands of people are without water or electricity.”
2022-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8992 (2022) · source
“In the words of Representative Ribeiro: “He is another casualty of the horrible ongoing Russian invasion in Ukraine and his death is a blow to media freedom.” I also express our deep condolences to the relatives of Ms. Maryna Fenina of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), who was killed by the aggressor. A strong and clear position by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities on the dire conditions of national minorities in Ukraine resulting from the Russian invasion remains long overdue. He must also be proactive in rebutting Russia’s propaganda fakes. We also look forward to extending the OSCE SMM mandate for another year. It would be a powerful message of OSCE engagement with Ukraine.”
2022-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8992 (2022) · source
“We also underline the need to explore all OSCE tools in order to document Russian crimes and ensure a public and timely reaction by the Chairperson-in-Office Representatives and the OSCE autonomous institutions. We also expect the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights to be vocal on cases of flagrant human rights violations resulting from Russian aggression against Ukraine. Russia is intensifying its propaganda and disinformation campaign. The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has to pay close attention to Russia’s false narratives. We appreciate her strong stance on violations against journalists, which remains an element of Russian aggression. We note her condemnation of the killing of Brent Renaud, a United States filmmaker and journalist, which took place on 13 March in Irpin.”
2022-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8992 (2022) · source
“The Russian Ministry of Defence tried to whitewash that crime by claiming that it targeted foreign mercenaries. That is not true, as only Ukrainian citizens were affected. Countering Russian aggression must be a centrepiece of OSCE efforts to restore security in the European continent. In our view, the OSCE has to contribute to the implementation of resolution ES/11-1, entitled “Aggression Against Ukraine”, adopted by the overwhelming majority on 2 March. We welcome the invocation of the Moscow Mechanism, pursuant to which is important to register all war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Russian Federation in its war against Ukraine.”
2022-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8992 (2022) · source
“Russian attempts in Kherson to employ its usual practice of proclaiming a fake “people’s republic” was immediately rejected by the Kherson regional council, which, at an emergency session on 12 March, adopted a statement that the Kherson region will always be Ukraine. The Mayor of Kherson expressed solidarity with that statement. There is no place in Ukraine where Russian troops are welcomed. They know it full well and have stopped restraining themselves. Mariupol remains the most powerful example of that. The toll of civilian casualties, following Russian bombardments and shelling, has reached almost 2,200 innocent local residents. To visualize that, just think of at least 11 General Assembly Halls. Early on Sunday morning, Russian rockets struck the Yavoriv International Peacekeeping and Security Centre, killing 35 and wounding 134.”
2022-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8992 (2022) · source
“Unfortunately, the Russian occupants are stepping up their repressive practices, as yesterday they abducted Yevhen Matveyev, Mayor of Dniprorudne, another town in the Zaporizhzhya region. Russia is proceeding with its repressive practices, as it has completely failed to create an illusion of public support on the territories it temporarily occupies. Residents of Kherson, Berdiansk, Melitopol, Energodar and other cities and towns under occupation have no fear of taking to the streets, unarmed and staring down the barrel of a Russian gun, to say the occupants: “Go away, we are Ukraine”.”
2022-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8992 (2022) · source
“Russian troops continue to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine, making them no different from their Nazi predecessors 80 years ago, with cities and villages razed to the ground, mass graves, terror against civilians in the occupied territories and the abduction and killing of activists and journalists and local representatives. I reiterate my call on the Security Council — and today address this call to the OSCE Chairperson-in- Office as well — to facilitate the release of Ivan Fedorov, Mayor of Melitopol, Zaporizhzhya region, who was detained by Russian soldiers on 11 March. Now he is reportedly being tortured because of his refusal to collaborate with the aggressor.”
2022-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8992 (2022) · source
“On 24 February, Russia went even further, launching an aggressive war against Ukraine, one that serves as an illustration of what the United Nations founding members — and I note that Russia was not among them — tried to save succeeding generations from. I therefore commend the Chairperson-in-Office for his strong commitment to pursue, as his main priority, the termination of the war on the basis of respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, within its internationally recognized borders. We fully support the human-oriented approach of Poland’s OSCE chairmanship, with a special focus on the protection of the civilian population affected by conflict.”
2022-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8992 (2022) · source
“I welcome Minister Rau to our regular intervention meetings, where members of the United Nations family gather around the aggressor State, which is in denial and makes no effort to struggle with its addiction to killing innocent citizens. Indeed, both the United Nations and the OSCE are now at a critical juncture, with all their fundamental principles being violated flagrantly, openly and deliberately — violated by Russia, which has pretended to be a key stakeholder in maintaining international peace and security. Instead, it has been a main provider of insecurity, encircling itself with a belt of conflicts.”
2022-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8992 (2022) · source
“We have no doubt as to who sits in the Soviet seat behind the Russian Federation nameplate. The General Assembly gave a clear answer to that question. It is the aggressor State. There is not a shred of doubt. I would like to start by expressing my gratitude to the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for his briefing, and in particular for his clear qualification of the Russian actions against Ukraine as an unprovoked and unjustified aggression, which runs counter to the Charter of the United Nations, the Helsinki Final Act and all OSCE commitments and principles.”
2022-03-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8992 (2022) · source
“We choose our words carefully here, for we do not believe the Russian people have a role in this aggression. “We join in condemning these military actions and President Putin’s essential denial of the legitimacy of Ukraine’s existence.” It goes on to say: “We respect the calm and the strength of the Ukrainian people. We are with you. Our hearts go out to the families and friends of all, Ukrainians and Russians, who have died and been injured already. May peace come to this piece of our beautiful world.” The meeting rose at 1 p.m.”
2022-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8991 (2022) · source
“Russian aggression threatens us all, and there is an urgent need to be resolute in countering Russia’s uncivilized, barbaric and mean actions. The sooner the aggressor is stopped and held accountable for its crimes, the safer our world will be. I cannot end my statement without reading several paragraphs from an open letter from 194 Nobel laureates: “The undersigned Nobel laureates voice our support for the Ukrainian people and the free and independent state of Ukraine as it faces Russian aggression. “In a move that recalls the infamous attack of Nazi Germany on Poland in 1939 (using similar tricks of feigned provocation) ... the government of the Russian Federation, led by President Putin, has launched an unprovoked military aggression — nothing else but a war — against its neighbour, Ukraine.”
2022-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8991 (2022) · source
“By exposing cities to indiscriminate shelling and creating a dire humanitarian situation and then deliberately shelling civilians during evacuation from besieged Ukrainian cities, Russia is forcing civilians to flee their homes and providing only a corridor to its territory or to Belarus. The so- called “green corridors”, proposed by the aggressor for sending people to Russia and Belarus could be considered forcible deportation of protected persons, in accordance with international humanitarian law. Ukrainian people are being killed and Ukrainian cities are being destroyed while we are compelled to listen to the absurd Russian fabrications in the Security Council — created in a desperate attempt to whitewash the war against Ukraine.”
2022-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8991 (2022) · source
“Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, became internally displaced persons. From Kharkiv alone, 600,000 people were evacuated by train. The main efforts are now focused on ensuring the safe passage of civilians through humanitarian corridors. Unfortunately, the arrangements are often violated by the Russian troops. Awful pictures and footage taken near the destroyed bridge in Irpin showing dead civilians, including entire families who tried to flee the occupied areas have circled — and horrified — the globe. Russia must not use civilians as hostages and human shields.”
2022-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8991 (2022) · source
“I would like to ask the gentleman in the Soviet seat — if he is really connected to Moscow, to please ask for the release of the kidnapped mayor of the city of Melitopol and to help us get him back from the arms of the invaders. Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Izyum, Okhtyrka, Volnovakha and many other Ukrainian cities are being razed to the ground. Documents and maps seized by the Ukrainian troops from Russian prisoners of war confirm that bombardments of residential areas had been planned in advance. Captured Russian pilots at today’s press conference in Kyiv have confirmed that they deliberately dropped bombs on residential areas. The number of civilians killed by Russian troops exceeds military losses. Many people have lost their homes. More than 1.5 million have left Ukraine — almost 2 million — across the western border.”
2022-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8991 (2022) · source
“What indeed has to be addressed by the Council are the war crimes and crimes against humanity that Russia is committing on a daily basis since 24 February — the day when the war in Europe, unleashed by Russia, started. Among the most recent examples that shocked the world is the Russian air strike that destroyed the maternity hospital, which has been mentioned many times today. Russia’s indiscriminate shelling and air strikes have almost destroyed Mariupol, one of the most beautiful cities on the Sea of Azov, and have killed 1,582 civilian residents of that city, according to the local administration. For the first time since the Second World War, people are being buried in mass graves in Ukrainian cities.”
2022-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8991 (2022) · source
“Ukraine runs a health system that is in full compliance with its international obligations and cooperates fully with all international organizations. The rest is the insane delirium of Putin and his henchmen, including the Russian Mission to the United Nations. Russia does not give a monkey’s about the safety of its own citizens, including thousands of decomposing bodies of Russian soldiers sent by Putin to Ukraine to this ongoing carnage. I regret that the Security Council is now being manipulated by the Russian Federation to promote such an insane delirium. This reflects the Russian Federation’s total disregard of the members of the Security Council. In addition, it is detrimental to the Council’s credibility.”
2022-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8991 (2022) · source
“We know quite well that the manic obsession with which Putin fantasizes about non-existent biological or chemical weapons or hazards in Ukraine is very dangerous. It may actually point at Russia preparing another horrific false-flag operation. What else is he going to use against Ukraine — cruise missiles, multiple rocket launchers, heavy aerial bombs? We have already experienced all of those. What is next? Ammonia? Phosphorus? And what will be the next target? Another residential building? Another maternity hospital? Another school? Or maybe another cultural heritage site? Russian troops have already hit all of those sites. By calling this meeting, the aggressor State has once again shot itself in the foot.”
2022-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8991 (2022) · source
“Following a meeting with the Foreign Minister in Turkey on Thursday, Foreign Minister Lavrov took a different stance, as he claimed, without evidence, that the hospital in Mariupol was a warranted target because the building had been seized long ago by Ukrainian armed groups. Let me share some very good news. Ms. Mariana, the pregnant woman, gave birth to a healthy daughter last night. Her name is Veronica. Here she is, with her father — regardless of the Russian lies about her, her family and the incident. Whatever the gentleman in the Soviet seat may say in reply, he knows that it is probably useless. We need to hear directly from the mastermind of the war crimes committed thus far. As we established, he was out of the loop on many occasions, with no clue of what was happening on the ground.”
2022-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8991 (2022) · source
“Let me quote his kingpin, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, who, indeed, yesterday said: “We do not plan to attack other countries. We did not attack Ukraine either.” Yesterday, an outlet of the Russian lies, the Russian Embassy in London, tweeted that a pregnant woman in the maternity hospital attacked in Mariupol was wearing make-up and was playing the roles of pregnant women. Indeed, Moscow and the Russian Ambassador here are struggling to get the story straight. In the immediate aftermath of the strike on Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Peskov told Reuters: “Russian forces do not fire on civilian targets.” On Thursday, he told reporters that the Kremlin would look into the incident “because you and I do not have clear information about what happened there”.”
2022-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8991 (2022) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, Council members, Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and High Representative Nakamitsu. I should also acknowledge the presence of a separate category here — a representative of the aggressor State who sits in the seat of the Soviet Union in the Security Council, the status of which was recognized by General Assembly resolution ES-11/1, and that is the status of aggressor State. There is already a long record of Russian lies established here in the Council. The recollection of the items of lies over the past two weeks alone will perhaps take an hour or so. But let me mention just a couple — the lowest of the lowest. I will not hesitate to mention them again after the representative sitting in the Soviet seat just referred to them.”
2022-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8991 (2022) · source
“I think it is not only Russian diplomats in New York who need mental assistance, but also those who today posted this tweet: “Foreign Minister Lavrov: ‘The goal of Russia’s special military operation is to stop any war that could take place on Ukrainian territory or that could start from there.’ (Russian Embassy in London. Retweeted by the Russian Foreign Ministry.)” Let me remind Russian diplomats that in London, in case of need of mental help, they can dial the National Health Service hotline 111.”
2022-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8988 (2022) · source
“Before I conclude, after the last Security Council meeting on this issue (S/PV.8986), one of my colleagues said, “You know, it looks like group therapy. We are all here trying to bring one member to sanity.” And indeed, when I listen to the representative of that country, I think it is absolutely right that the Department of Health of New York City is called the “Department of Health and Mental Hygiene”, because it is very difficult to cope after these meetings, at which we listen to the persistent lies, delusions and delirium coming from that particular country.”
2022-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8988 (2022) · source
“Private businesses and employees who have lost their jobs due to the war will receive financial support in March. Ukrainian Railways has started procuring food, fuel, medicine, electricity and other important goods and services for the population. The enterprise will be in close contact with military administrations to address the most pressing needs of the people and the State. People in Ukraine value the words of support they have received. At the same time, they require concrete actions to save their lives, their health and their property. It is also already clear to everyone that the fragility of the situation reaches beyond Ukraine, into Europe and across the world. We expect the Council to be decisive in responding to the worst humanitarian crisis we have seen in Europe since the end of the Second World War.”
2022-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8988 (2022) · source
“The Government of Ukraine is working 24/7 to set up mechanisms to ensure reliable supplies of food, medications and essential commodities throughout the country. On 2 March, President Zelenskyy established the Coordination Office on Humanitarian and Social Issues. Ukraine has received more than 3,500 tons of humanitarian aid, and we are grateful to all our partners for this manifestation of support. Despite enemy attacks, all systems ensuring the proper functioning of the State are intact. There is undeniable stability in the work of the Ukrainian Government. Despite the war, the Ministry of Social Policy and the Pension Fund have paid all pensions to almost 13 million retired citizens of Ukraine. The Government has prepared an assistance programme for all Ukrainians who have lost their jobs as a result of war.”
2022-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8988 (2022) · source
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has established an emergency hotline for foreign citizens wishing to leave Ukraine because of the Russian armed aggression. Ukrainian border guards, in cooperation with colleagues from neighbouring European Union countries and Moldova, are doing everything possible to speed up the passage of all refugees from Ukraine and have never created obstacles that would hinder this. We would like to reiterate that the only root cause of the ongoing, massive humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, including the situation at the western border of Ukraine, is the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. Russia bears full responsibility for the killing and injuring of innocent people, the destruction of civilian infrastructure, and obstacles to the safe departure of Ukrainians and foreign citizens.”
2022-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8988 (2022) · source