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Kyslytsya

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first: 2010-10-26
most recent: 2023-12-29
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“We fully agree with the report’s statement that it is “essential that the Ukrainian staff operating the plant under Russian occupation must be able to carry out their important duties without threats or pressure undermining not only their own safety but also that of the facility itself.” During previous meetings of the Security Council, the delegation of Ukraine drew attention to Russia’s practice of using the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant as a shield for its own personnel and hardware. Our information has now been verified by the IAEA. Let me quote the report.”
2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9124 (2022) · source
“According to the IAEA mission’s report, which we did have time to study, the Russian military occupation has seriously affected the safety and security of the plant. It states that under “the condition that the operating staff is subject to constant high stress and pressure while operating the [plant] is not sustainable and could lead to increased human error with implications on nuclear safety.” We are concerned about the fact that the Ukrainian staff are working under such conditions, dealing with threats and pressure from the Russians.”
2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9124 (2022) · source
“Ukraine appreciates the bravery and professionalism of the IAEA mission’s experts. However, the visit was only the first step. The Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant remains under occupation. Russian military equipment and weapons are still deployed at the site. Armed provocations continue and the illegally present representatives of the Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation continue to interfere in the technological process of the plant’s management. Ultimately, the only way to remove the nuclear threats resulting from the illegal Russian presence at the plant is through the withdrawal of Russian weaponry and troops and the return of full, legitimate control of the station to Ukraine. That is a key prerequisite for restoring not just nuclear safety and security but also respect for international law.”
2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9124 (2022) · source
“In early August, following numerous violations by the occupiers of all the IAEA’s nuclear safety and security pillars, the Ukrainian leadership officially requested that the IAEA lead an international mission to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, with an option to establish a permanent presence for the Agency at the site until the competent Ukrainian authorities regained full control of the facility. Despite various provocations by Russia on the mission’s way to the plant, Ukraine made every effort to ensure that the mission took place as quickly as possible and could operate safely. The preparations for the visit and the ensuing developments revealed that the occupying Power was willing to further engage in nuclear terrorism and to spare no effort to misuse the IAEA for manipulative purposes.”
2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9124 (2022) · source
“He should not rush, unless it is a matter of the Russian army’s withdrawal from Ukraine; and secondly, he should not put words in my Government’s mouth. It is my role to speak on behalf of my Government in this Chamber, and it will never be his. Against a backdrop of increased security threats following the occupation of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, Ukraine has clearly demonstrated its readiness to explore every option to neutralize a nuclear risk and avert horrific consequences.”
2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9124 (2022) · source
“It is indeed interesting to observe in this Chamber how the Russian envoy whines that he has not had time to properly study the report released by the IAEA, as if it were not Russia itself that called for this meeting in such an urgent manner. I would suggest that the only explanation for Russia’s haste is that it was attempting to exert pressure on Director General Grossi and his team while they were still in the process of drafting the report. When that plan failed, thanks to the round-the-clock work of the IAEA, which issued the report today, before the meeting, the Russian envoy tried desperately to manipulate the situation, using the report that he himself admitted he had not had time to study. My advice to the Russian envoy is as follows. First, next time he should be patient.”
2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9124 (2022) · source
“As well as the other members of the Council, I recognize the representative of the terrorist State of Russia in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union. I thank Secretary-General Guterres for his participation in today’s meeting. I would also like to thank the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Rafael Grossi, for his informative briefing. It is a matter of regret that Russia has again attempted to misuse the Security Council toolbox to distract the international community’s attention from the urgent need to demilitarize and de-occupy the Ukrainian nuclear facility that the Russians have turned into a military base.”
2022-09-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9124 (2022) · source
“Let me stress that nuclear security and safety is an absolute priority for everyone in the world, and Russia must immediately and without any conditions withdraw its troops. Russia must also stop all provocations and all shelling. It is unacceptable that Russia is deliberately putting all of us on the brink of a global nuclear disaster. As soon as Russia withdraws the troops from the facility, in which they simply have no right to be, the threat of a nuclear disaster will disappear — just as a similar threat disappeared as soon as Russian troops withdrew from the Chornobyl nuclear power plant and the exclusion zone. Only then will this threat not exist, just as it does not exist at three other Ukrainian nuclear power plants — the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant, the Rivne nuclear power plant and the South Ukraine nuclear power plant.”
2022-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9114 (2022) · source
“Just as their crimes in Bucha and Mariupol were clearly seen by satellite, the shelling under the false flag will again be clearly filmed. Turning back to the international mission to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, let me stress that the need to send such a mission is primarily due to violations of all seven pillars of nuclear security, which are multiplying as a result of the illegal presence there of the Russian army and Rosatom. The constant presence of the IAEA and other experts at the station could become a determining factor in the context of its demilitarization and de-occupation. The international community, for its part, must continue to apply political pressure on the aggressor State of Russia and demand full demilitarization and unconditional de-occupation.”
2022-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9114 (2022) · source
“Such a catastrophe would lead to numerous deaths and pollution for many years to come. We already lost thousands of human lives and thousands of square kilometres of our territory in the exclusion zone around Chornobyl after 1986. We are mourning thousands of lives of Ukrainians killed by Russians in their war against Ukraine. We are suffering from the genocide conducted by Russians on the occupied territories, where they kidnapped thousands of children left orphaned after their parents were killed by the Russian army. We will never forget it, and we will do all we can to save the lives of Ukrainians. What we can do here in the United Nations format is to call things what they are. Russians forget that we live in a century of modern technology.”
2022-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9114 (2022) · source
“But there is another aspect: Russia is trying at all costs to cover the electricity needs of the temporarily occupied Crimea and other temporarily occupied territories — perhaps the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions — because the publicized illegal electric bridge has never covered those needs and will not cover them. Moreover, Russia needs the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant for propaganda purposes, because ending the occupation of the plant will mean the failure of Putin’s campaign in the south of Ukraine. With regard to the shelling, Russian narratives about Ukrainian shelling of the station do not stand up to scrutiny. Nobody who is at least conscious can imagine that Ukraine would target a nuclear power plant at the tremendous risk of creating a nuclear catastrophe on its own territory.”
2022-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9114 (2022) · source
“The entire international community has been demanding that for almost six months. That is what the IAEA says. Russia pretends not to hear that and continues to increasingly invent new ways of using the peaceful station for military purposes. It is obvious that any mission to the station, be it led by either the IAEA or the United Nations, will record flagrant violations of norms and requirements concerning nuclear safety. Therefore, Russia is trying to avoid responsibility, but it will not succeed. Russia needs the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant as a means of waging war.”
2022-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9114 (2022) · source
“The occupiers have trained some of the hostages as to what they should say and should not show to the IAEA. That is why it is really important to conduct the mission in a way that would allow the international community to see the real situation, not a Russian theatrical show. It is imperative that the mission take place: first, at the request of Ukraine; secondly, at the Ukrainian nuclear facility; and, thirdly, be covered by the implementation of the Safeguards Agreement between Ukraine and the IAEA. Russia’s role is to ensure the physical security of the mission. Russia is turning the issue of nuclear safety at the facility into a farce — a circus. It is downplaying the significance of the threats it has created and diverting attention from the urgent issue of the militarization and the occupation of the station.”
2022-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9114 (2022) · source
“Further arrangements are to be made based on the security conditions and require the communication of detailed routes and other logistical aspects, as soon as possible. We continue to believe that the mission’s effectiveness can be bolstered by incorporating military and political components supported by United Nations expertise. Considering the scale of the current challenges and threats, we also urge the IAEA to consider the permanent presence of its experts at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant until the competent Ukrainian authorities regain full control over the nuclear facility. Russia’s wish to organize the mission to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant has only one purpose. Let us proceed from the basic facts. The Zaporizhzhya power plant is a Ukrainian facility located on Ukrainian territory.”
2022-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9114 (2022) · source
“In that regard, since the beginning of Russia’s occupation of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, Ukraine has insisted on the need to send a mission to the site and has negotiated its modalities with the IAEA. We welcome the readiness of the IAEA Director General to send a mission to the occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. The visit should be conducted in strict compliance with the national legislation of Ukraine in full compliance with its international obligations. Earlier today, Foreign Minister Kuleba of Ukraine responded to the Director General’s letter dated 17 August, concerning the mission that I just mentioned. As per the letter, the IAEA proposal for the itinerary is in compliance with the national legislation of Ukraine and, in general, might be accepted.”
2022-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9114 (2022) · source
“Let me reiterate that the current situation makes it clear that the only thing that will ultimately eliminate the nuclear threat emanating from the illegal Russian presence at the nuclear power plant is the withdrawal of Russian weapons and troops and the return of the station to the legitimate control of Ukraine. Ukraine greatly appreciates the efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations to ensure the safety and security of all Ukrainian nuclear facilities against the backdrop of the Russian invasion. We have always underlined the importance of the full and consistent implementation by the Agency of its mandate.”
2022-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9114 (2022) · source
“I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her informative briefing. I wish we had been gathered here by Russia to hear the only thing that the entire world wants to hear, and that would be a statement that Russia is demilitarizing the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, withdrawing its troops and handing it over to the Government of Ukraine. Instead, we have wasted more than one hour in listening to a slew of fictitious soundbites. The terrorist State has not stopped playing around with the international community. Once again, it has the audacity to convene a Security Council meeting to discuss its own provocations and terror at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.”
2022-08-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9114 (2022) · source
“Thirdly, Russia must remove its military personnel and withdraw its weaponry. Fourthly, it must stop playing games. None of us can stop the wind if it carries radiation, but together we are capable of stopping a terrorist State. And the sooner we stop Russia, the sooner Europe and the world will be able to feel safe again.”
2022-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9109 (2022) · source
“The international community must continue to put political pressure on the aggressor State of Russia and demand the full and unconditional de-occupation of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. Ensuring the safety and security of the nuclear facility cannot be seen as a goodwill gesture. It is the duty of an occupying Power, in accordance with international humanitarian law. Now, let me explain it to the Russian ambassador in the simplest way, step by step, in a way that even a school kid could understand. First, Russia must state loud and clear that it will allow an IAEA-led mission to take place immediately and unconditionally, and that it will not obstruct the mission across the river, five miles from plant. Secondly, Russia must demine the facilities of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.”
2022-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9109 (2022) · source
“Under such circumstances, the Ukrainian personnel of the Zaporizhzhya plant continue to do their best to ensure nuclear and radiation safety, as well as to mitigate the consequences of the Russian shelling. Let me underline that the Russian actions at and against the Zaporizhzhya plant completely violate practically all seven indispensable nuclear safety and security pillars outlined by the Director General at the meeting of the Agency’s Board of Governors on 2 March. We demand that Russia fully implement the resolution of the Agency Board of Governors entitled “The safety, security and safeguards implications of the situation in Ukraine”, dated 3 March. Russia must immediately cease all actions against nuclear facilities in Ukraine and return control over all seized nuclear facilities to the Ukrainian side.”
2022-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9109 (2022) · source
“Consequently, there is only one remaining direction of power delivery at the Zaporizhzhya plant. Should that last line be damaged, the Zaporizhzhya plant will be totally without power. Russian plans regarding the Zaporizhzhya plant aim to disconnect it from the energy system of Ukraine and cut off electricity in the south of the country. Earlier, the Russian occupiers also mined the Zaporizhzhya plant outside the cooling pond and the banks of Kakhovska reservoir, which borders the plant. Moreover, Russian armed forces are using the plant as cover for shelling the Ukrainian-controlled cities located on the opposite side of the Dnipro River, especially Marhanets and Nikopol, with multiple-launch rocket systems.”
2022-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9109 (2022) · source
“It also speaks volumes that Russian military hardware, deployed at the nuclear power plant, was hidden in the power houses at the first and second reactors. The shelling damaged three radiation-monitoring detectors at the dry spent-fuel storage facility site, which made early detection and a timely response in the event of the deterioration of the radiological situation or release of radiation from the spent-fuel containers impossible. On 7 August, Russian armed forces again resorted to shelling the Zaporizhzhya plant site and damaged the 750-kilowatt overhead power line of the Zaporizhzhya plant Kakhovska substation. As a result of the shelling, a safety trip switch was activated at one of the power units. Currently, that power unit is being cooled down.”
2022-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9109 (2022) · source
“It is absolutely clear that the provocative Russian practices of shelling the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and the city of Enerhodar pose an unprecedented threat to nuclear security for Ukraine, Europe and the world as a whole. Russia must strictly abide by the laws and customs of war, including those relating to nuclear facilities. The shelling that took place on 6 August sheds light on how those provocations are arranged. In particular, the Russian occupants present at the site at the time of the shelling — in total, about 500 soldiers — and representatives of the Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation took shelter in advance, before the shelling began, while the local employees were wounded.”
2022-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9109 (2022) · source
“In the light of the continued militarization of the site of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant by the Russian armed forces, its shelling and subsequent damage to, and mining of, certain areas of the site, it is imperative that such a mission have qualified experts in the military dimension. That can be achieved by including those experts in the mission team. Ukraine also sees much added value in drawing upon relevant and extensive United Nations political expertise. United Nations representatives will be able to make a significant contribution to the preparation of the mission’s final report, thereby outlining the military dimension of the critical threats and challenges to nuclear safety, security and safeguards at the Zaporizhzhya plant site, stemming from its occupation and militarization by Russian armed forces.”
2022-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9109 (2022) · source
“We welcome the readiness of the IAEA Director General, expressed during this briefing, to send the mission, led by the Agency, to the occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, which should be conducted in strict compliance with the national legislation of Ukraine and with full respect for its international obligations. We stand ready to provide the mission with all the necessary assistance and to facilitate its travel through Ukrainian-controlled territory. Let it be known that the distance between the Ukrainian-controlled bank of the Dnipro River and the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, which is on the opposite side of the river, is five miles, be it from Nikopol or Marhanets. If Russia stops shelling those cities, what in the world will prevent the mission from covering those five miles?”
2022-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9109 (2022) · source
“Despite their public declarations, the occupiers have resorted to manipulation and unjustified conditions for the mission’s visit, as well as shelling the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and Enerhodar, thereby making the visit impossible so far. We strongly reject the attempts by Russia to escape responsibility for the delay by blaming Ukraine, the Secretary-General and the Secretariat, as was the case not only today but also with the Russian Foreign Ministry statement of 9 August. That prompted Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Mr. Kuleba, to reiterate the extreme importance of conducting the Agency- led international mission to the site in his letter to the Agency’s Director General and the Secretary-General, sent on 9 August.”
2022-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9109 (2022) · source
“Ukraine highly appreciates the efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations to ensure the safety and security of the Ukrainian nuclear facilities against the backdrop of the Russian invasion. The Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant has been occupied since 4 March, with its personnel working at gunpoint. Ukraine has been in close consultation with the IAEA about the matter. We have always underlined the importance of the Agency’s full and consistent implementation of its mandate. In that regard, since the beginning of Russia’s occupation of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, Ukraine has insisted on the need to send a mission to the site, and negotiated its modalities with the Agency. We therefore deeply regret that such a visit has not yet taken place due to the destructive Russian position.”
2022-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9109 (2022) · source
“A conclusion one may draw from today’s torrent of deception by the Russian envoy is that, when they realized that their plan had collapsed like a house of cards, Russia decided to go for broke and call this meeting. That call looks especially cynical considering their most recent attack on the facility earlier today, which directly endangered both the plant facilities and its personnel. I would like to thank Director General Grossi for his briefing. He has provided us with a comprehensive update on the current situation that makes it clear that the only way to ultimately remove the nuclear threats due to the illegal Russian presence at the nuclear power plant is the withdrawal of the Russian troops and the return of the station to the legitimate control of Ukraine.”
2022-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9109 (2022) · source
“I recognize the representative of terrorist Russia in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union. Just half a year ago, one could hardly imagine a situation where the biggest nuclear power station in Europe would be seized following an armed attack by tanks and artillery, backed by military personnel and weaponry, which is now being used to shell Ukrainian cities and villages across the Dnipro River. It is a matter of alarm that, in order to divert attention from those practices, Russia has resorted to dangerous provocations, the staged shelling of the nuclear power plant itself. The Russians are well known for their elaborate plans of deceit, sabotage and cover- ups, like the one we witnessed today.”
2022-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9109 (2022) · source
“It is time to say it loud and clear to the Russian delegation: “You are here because we let you be here for reasons that have proven to be wrong. We — all of us — tolerate your presence, just because we need to remind you daily that you will be held accountable for war crimes and that the Soviet seat in this Council will not help you escape the punishment that you deserve, as a State and as individuals in the Russian war cell in Manhattan.””
2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source
“The effect, however, is quite the opposite, and Ukrainian society is united in its aspiration to liberate our sovereign territories and to bring all those responsible for the killing and destruction to justice. Let me quote a person who spent days, months and years in this very Chamber. Despite having presided over the Security Council, that person nevertheless said: “there is nothing in the obligations that Russia has taken on — including within the framework of the agreements signed on 22 July in Istanbul — that would prohibit us from continuing the special military operation.” That means, in fact, that there is nothing that would deter Russia from killing and destroying. There is no United Nations Charter for Russia. There are no Geneva Conventions for Russia. There are no more restraints on Mr. Lavrov.”
2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source
“In 14 Ukrainian regions, 183 religious sites, including 173 Christian, 5 Muslim and 5 Jewish sites, were destroyed. Just visualize how Russian soldiers, blessed by Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, have destroyed almost 200 Orthodox churches in Ukraine. Pictures of Ukrainian children lying on the ground of destroyed Ukrainian cities and villages have been the reality of the past five months of the war. That is a reality that we will never get used to, never accept and never forgive. Russia has resorted to terrorism to intimidate and to undermine our resolve to resist. To that end, cities and villages throughout Ukraine have shelled with more than 3,000 missiles.”
2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source
“Kharkiv and Mykolayiv sustain heavy rocket and artillery shelling on an almost daily basis. This morning, Russians shelled a bus stop area in Mykolayiv with cluster munitions, killing five and wounding seven civilians. Earlier, many Council members might have seen a heartbreaking picture taken in Kharkiv on 20 July. The picture is of a man praying while holding the hand of his 13-year-old son, who was killed at a bus stop by a Russian Uragan missile. Killing innocent children is what Russian murderers call de-Nazification. Another declared goal — so-called demilitarization — means razing Ukrainian cities to the ground. Civilian infrastructure is among the primary targets. As of June, for instance, the Russian war had led to the destruction or damage of 116,000 residential buildings, which were home for 3.5 million Ukrainians.”
2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source
“To name just a few examples, on 1 July Russian missiles hit a residential building and two resorts in Serhiivka village, Odesa region, killing 19 people and injuring 34. Forty-eight civilian residents, including a child, were killed following the targeting by Russian missiles of a five-storey apartment building in the city of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, on 9 July. On 14 July, the world was shocked by the Russian missile strike on the city centre of Vinnytsia. Twenty- six civilians, including three children, were killed, and almost 90 were wounded. Yesterday Russian terrorists increased the number of casualties among Ukrainians with missile shelling, including from the territory of Belarus, of Kropyvnytskyi, Liutizh in Kyiv region and Honcharivske, in Chernihiv region.”
2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source
“Does the Russian diplomat believe that the Security Council is the studio of a Skabeyeva show? If it is an early sign of an insanity defence, let it be remembered that the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Nazis during the Second World War were not a result of medical insanity or illness. They were committed collectively by thousands of individuals. Hitler’s henchmen, officers and diplomats, like Putin’s today, worked hard to please and execute the leader’s wish and orders, even if the orders were not easily traceable. Luckily, in the case of that diplomatic note, it is clearly signed in ink, and it will be preserved as evidence. Since our previous meeting (see S/PV.9080), further bloody and shameful pages have been added to the list of Russian war crimes. They have been added daily, if not hourly.”
2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source
“That is the only prerequisite for unlocking more than 20 million tons of grain from last year’s grain harvest in Ukraine. Today President Zelenskyy visited the Chornomorsk Sea Trade Port, where the first grain carrier since the beginning of the war has been loaded with Ukrainian grain. Now we are waiting for a green light from partners — representatives of the United Nations and Türkiye — regarding the start of grain transportation. It is outrageous that Russia still tries to disseminate fakes instead of fulfilling its obligations. To be frank, a diplomatic note sent this week and signed by the Russian chargé d’affaires should be subject to consideration by medical specialists rather than Security Council members. Let me quote just one sentence from it: “the Russian armed force do not target civilian infrastructure.” Seriously?”
2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source
“That lie was easily refuted by extensive footage from the site, which showed no sign of secondary detonation of alleged Ukrainian missiles. We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his unequivocal condemnation of this attack. His clear assessment made futile all Russian attempts to create artificial caveats that the Istanbul documents never contained. Ukraine remains resolute with respect to contributing to resolving the food crisis. We will engage constructively with the activities of the Joint Coordination Centre, officially inaugurated in Istanbul on 27 July. Now it is the responsibility of international partners to ensure Russia’s compliance with its obligations within the framework of the safe functioning of the grain corridor.”
2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source
“One can hardly expect that Russian behaviour in the Council will differ from its behaviour on the ground. It took less than 24 hours for Russia to manifestly go against the aforementioned initiative signed in Istanbul on 22 July and to shell Odesa port with missiles. That is one of three ports it has committed not to attack, according to the document. As always, Russia contradicted itself in its excuses. Initially, as reported, Russia denied its responsibility for the attack altogether. On the next day, realizing that its outright lie is obvious to everyone, Russia was compelled to change the story. It assumed responsibility; however, by telling another lie that a missile store in Odesa port was the target.”
2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source
“It speaks volumes that so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic ombudsperson”, Morozova, informed that there were no casualties among the staff of the colony. I would like to express my gratitude to the Brazilian presidency for organizing today’s meeting. The issue of the Russian war against Ukraine remains as relevant as ever because we observe no de-escalation on the ground and Russia has not given up its aggressive and neo-colonial plans with respect to Ukraine. Moreover, Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs Lavrov went even further, claiming recently that the “geographical objective” of the so-called special operation had been expanded to a number of other territories. Indeed, it sounded like the base wish of a thief to keep possession of what has been stolen.”
2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source
“Some of the Russian soldiers who appear in the footage were earlier filmed on the front lines in Donbas back in June. After the cruel and inhumane torture, the victim was killed. The Prosecutor-General’s Office of Ukraine will investigate the event, and we will inform the Security Council of the outcome of the investigation. Today Russia committed another petrifying war crime by blasting a penitentiary in occupied Olenivka, Donetsk region, where it held Ukrainian prisoners of war, mostly from the Azov Battalion. The Russian occupiers pursued their criminal goals in order to accuse Ukraine of committing war crimes, as well as to cover up the torture and executions of prisoners that they carried out there.”
2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source
“Before I begin my intervention, I would like to join everyone who thanked Ms. Geraldine Byrne Nason for being a good colleague and doing an excellent job. Although she has, for whatever reason, decided to move south, as if it were not hot enough here, the Irish spirt will stay with us. We greatly value the integrity of Ireland, and we look forward to working with whoever replaces her. I thank her very much. I also recognize here the representatives of terrorist Russia in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union. There is plenty of evidence of the terrorist nature of the current Russian regime, and the most horrifying evidence continues to emerge. Yesterday a video was posted in Russian Telegram channels to show a Ukrainian prisoner of war being castrated by his Russian captors — a group of men in Russian uniform, which featured a “Z” patch.”
2022-07-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9104 (2022) · source
“Ensuring accountability for all grave violations against children, as well as other war crimes and crimes against humanity, is paramount. Together with its partners, Ukraine is sparing no effort to bring all the perpetrators and their commanders to justice.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine has documented 31 cases of the use of schools and kindergartens for military purposes by the Russian invaders. As of today, 317 children have been reported missing during hostilities. The Office of the Prosecutor General is currently conducting 28 criminal investigations into the abduction and forced deportation of more than 5,000 Ukrainian children to Russia, Belarus and the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. The real number is much higher, and the Ukrainian Government is continuing to track and collect data to identify all missing, abducted and deported children. We repeat our call to the United Nations and the international community to closely monitor the situation and assist Ukraine in ensuring the rapid and safe return of all children who have been forcibly deported.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“Many people present here today may have seen the two different sets of video footage of this sunny girl, taken on Thursday within an hour of each other. The first shows a child full of life walking joyfully together with her mother. The second was taken immediately following the Russian missile strike on Vinnytsia’s city centre, which killed two dozen people, including Liza and two boys, seven and eight years old. The heartbreaking images of Liza lying next to her stroller were shared by the media worldwide and left millions shocked by Russia’s brutality and inhumanity. Those images will be used at a future tribunal to try Russian war criminals, and her killers will be sitting in the dock.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“Since February, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has already affected 7 million children there. Almost two of every three children have been displaced. According to UNICEF, 3 million children within Ukraine and more than 2.2 million children in host countries are now in need of humanitarian assistance. At least 353 children have been killed, and 666 have been injured, many of them severely. The unabated bombardment and shelling by the Russian armed forces has damaged 2,116 educational institutions, of which 216 have been destroyed. In addition, more than 50 children’s health-care facilities and more than 130 homes for orphans and children deprived of parental care have been damaged or destroyed. Two days ago, residents of the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia gathered to say a final goodbye to four-year- old Liza Dmitrieva.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“However, we welcome the Secretary-General’s decision in response to Russia’s war on my country to add Ukraine as a situation of concern with immediate effect. All gross violations against children will be subject to daily monitoring by the entire United Nations system throughout the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders and in accordance with the relevant General Assembly resolutions. As a party to the core international instruments related to the protection of the rights of children, Ukraine remains determined to engage in constructive dialogue and cooperation with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in order to stop and prevent violations against children affected by Russia’s war of aggression on my country.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“The daunting reality faced by children in the 21 countries and one regional situation in 2021, highlighted in the report of the Secretary-General (S/2022/493), is alarming. We commend the work of the team for the children and armed conflict agenda in engaging with parties to protect children in a number of countries, including Nigeria, the Philippines, South Sudan, Somalia, the Sudan and Yemen, which has resulted in the release of more than 12,000 children from armed groups and forces. At the same time, the other statistics on grave violations against children in armed conflicts remain distressing. I should also note that the current report does not cover the horrible consequences for children of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, which means that their actual extent is even worse.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“At the outset, let me express my gratitude to the briefers, in particular Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba de Potgieter and UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. We also acknowledge the presence of Mr. Szijjártó, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, which attests to how important this subject is to his Government. We align ourselves with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union and the statement just made by the representative of Canada on behalf of the Group of Friends of Children and Armed Conflict, and I would like to add the following points in my national capacity.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“Russia’s conversion into an aggressive fascist regime has already been demonstrated by its inability to refrain from attacking those it considers to be weak prey. It must be stopped by all of us — the sooner the better. Ukraine, which is now on the front line, has the necessary will of its leadership, the resoluteness and the bravery of its army and its people and unprecedented international solidarity. If we let Putin or his successor on the Kremlin throne regrow their chopped-back claws soaked in the blood of Ukrainians, the next war will be imminent — and the civilized world will pay three times the price of what is being paid today. Let us finish off Russian fascism now.”
2022-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9069 (2022) · source
“It therefore came as no surprise that today’s review in The Guardian of London of yet another bestseller by a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory finishes with a reminder that to his critics he will always be the man who told Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet that he was sympathetic with what he was trying to do. Just one week ago, Putin claimed that the former Soviet Union was historical Russia. What is next? Will it be a request from Putin’s envoy to swap nameplates again in the Chamber — this time from “Russian Federation” to “Soviet Union”? After all, it would be in total compliance with the Charter as it stands — since the Soviet Union is still in it. Is it not? Predators attack those who are or appear to be weaker, and after such attacks they may develop a taste for human blood and become serial killers.”
2022-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9069 (2022) · source